Not on display

Woven Silk

1500-1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Piece of woven silk, gold lattice on red ground. The lattice contains a narrow red and gold diapered stem decorated with white and gold rosettes at regular intervals. The lattice is edged with blue and white leaf-like motifs. Each medallion contains a single floral sprig with three highly stylised blossoms. The silk is a lampas with a satin ground and twill binding. Warp in red silk and pink silk binding. Weft ground in yellow silk, with a pattern in blue, white, black and silver metal around a yellow silk core used in the same shed as a yellow silk weft.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lampas silk with a satin ground and twill binding
Brief description
Piece of lampas silk with a satin ground and twill binding, made in Turkey, 1500-1650
Physical description
Piece of woven silk, gold lattice on red ground. The lattice contains a narrow red and gold diapered stem decorated with white and gold rosettes at regular intervals. The lattice is edged with blue and white leaf-like motifs. Each medallion contains a single floral sprig with three highly stylised blossoms. The silk is a lampas with a satin ground and twill binding. Warp in red silk and pink silk binding. Weft ground in yellow silk, with a pattern in blue, white, black and silver metal around a yellow silk core used in the same shed as a yellow silk weft.
Dimensions
  • Length: 18.5in
  • Length: 47cm
  • Width: 11.5in
  • Width: 29cm
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 1989/1718.
Previously part of the Ikle Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.371-1989

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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