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1700-1799 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

From about the 1720s onwards Ottoman embroidery stopped copying woven designs and became a truly creative art form: new, naturalistic floral motifs were introduced and many of them were depicted in great detail. Some were allowed to sway and sweep across the fabric, some were stylised and many were enriched with metal thread. The colours were originally very bright but have often faded to pleasing pastel shades.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk satin, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line) and couched threads, and with metal thread in padded couching
Brief description
embroidered, 1700s, Turkish
Physical description
Part of a cover, silk satin embroidered with silk in atma and counched threads and with metal thread in padded couching.
The ground is red and there is fine couched line using metal thread which forms a border down the two sides. There are three complete bands of pattern and partial bands top and bottom. Each band contains three diagonal blossoms alternating in colour: predominantly blue or white.
Dimensions
  • Length: 57.5cm
  • Width: 54cm
Style
Subject depicted
Summary
From about the 1720s onwards Ottoman embroidery stopped copying woven designs and became a truly creative art form: new, naturalistic floral motifs were introduced and many of them were depicted in great detail. Some were allowed to sway and sweep across the fabric, some were stylised and many were enriched with metal thread. The colours were originally very bright but have often faded to pleasing pastel shades.
Bibliographic reference
Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publications, 2001); plate 77
Collection
Accession number
852-1897

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2001
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