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Part of a hanging

Part of a hanging

  • Place of origin:

    Turkey (made)

  • Date:

    1600-1699 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Linen, embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal

  • Museum number:

    CIRC.695&A-1923

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th or 17th centuries. They are either whole covers and wall hangings or fragments of them. They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with some white and black. In the 17th century the main designs were based on wavy parallel stems which run along the length of the fabric. In this example, the designer has given equal emphasis to the stems and the flowers.

Physical description

Hanging, linen embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal and running stitch (border).
The field is decorated with undulating parallel stems each of which has been divided vertically into two offset rows of red and white reciprocal triangles. The stems are broken by large upward-facing segmented tulips coloured in bands of red, yellow and blue. Thin green stems grow from the parallel ones: some are small and bear one or two blossoms, a more substantial one grows from below each tulip - this has a red flower, and red and blue flower and a large, downward-pointing fruit which is outlined in red and divided into small yellow or blue triangles. Below this fruit is a blue and red chintamani.

Place of Origin

Turkey (made)

Date

1600-1699 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Linen, embroidered with silk in surface darning on the diagonal

Dimensions

[Hanging] Length: 115 cm, Width: 49 cm

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publication, 2001) Plate 13

Materials

Linen; Silk thread

Techniques

Weaving; Embroidering

Subjects depicted

Stylized flowers; Tulips

Categories

Textiles; Embroideries

Collection code

T&D

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