Sash
1800-1899 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Turkish people wore sashes round their waists. They tied them so that the decorative ends hung at knee level. At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours were strong and embroiderers used greater quantities of metal thread. The designs were always inventive. The colours in some 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but they have faded to pleasing pastel shades.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, embroidered with silk in double darning, double darning on the diagonal, double running in a line and satin stitch, and with metal thread in double darning on the diagonal, double running in a line, fishbone and satin stitch |
| Brief description | A silk sash embroidered with silk, Turkey, 19th century |
| Physical description | Sash, silk embroidered with silk in double darning, double darning on the diagonal double running in a line, satin stitch and with metal thread embroidery in double darning on the diagonal, double running in a line, fishbone and satin. the narrow border along both ends is enclosed within red lines. It has a meander with forked leaves or flowers in green, blue or light pink. The main border contains two large S-motifs each formed by a curving stem of blue hyacinth flowers, one large and two small rounded pink blossoms, a small spiky pink blossom and a clump of three hyacinth flowers. There is an edging of oya (needlelace). |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs E. M. Hughes |
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| Summary | Turkish people wore sashes round their waists. They tied them so that the decorative ends hung at knee level. At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours were strong and embroiderers used greater quantities of metal thread. The designs were always inventive. The colours in some 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but they have faded to pleasing pastel shades. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publication, 2001); plate 55 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.221-1958 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2001 |
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