Trouser Panel
1850-1875 (made)
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This decorated panel would have been part of a pair of women's trousers. It would have formed the lower leg, from knee to ankle. The upper part of the trousers was seldom decorated because it would have been hidden beneath a long chemise.
At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders. The colours were strong and designers used greater quantities of metal thread than in previous centuries. The designs were always inventive.
At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders. The colours were strong and designers used greater quantities of metal thread than in previous centuries. The designs were always inventive.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), close herringbone stitch and double running in a line, and with metal thread in surface darning on the diagonal |
| Brief description | embroidered, 1800s, Turkish |
| Physical description | Woman's trouser panel of linen embroidered with silk in atma, close herringbone stitch and double running in a line and with metal thread in surface darning on the diagonal. The panel is cut so that it tapers towards the ankle, creating fullness in the leg. The lower edge is marked with a narrow embroidered blue band above with the floral arrangement is in three bands: (i) a red blossom flanked by two downward pointing blue blossoms (ii) three red blossoms the central one of which is spiky (iii) a red blossom flanked by two upwards pointing blue blossoms. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (stamp; Ottoman Turkish; Arabic; Front, lower right hand corner.)
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| Summary | This decorated panel would have been part of a pair of women's trousers. It would have formed the lower leg, from knee to ankle. The upper part of the trousers was seldom decorated because it would have been hidden beneath a long chemise. At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders. The colours were strong and designers used greater quantities of metal thread than in previous centuries. The designs were always inventive. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publications, 2001); plate 56 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 665-1877 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2001 |
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