Hanging
1570-1699 (made)
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The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th and 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. The oldest patterns, such as this one, are made from intersecting lines or lattice formed by blue leaves and a red flower. They enclose spaces filled with flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line), Roumanian couching (a later addition), close herringbone, double running in a line and chain stitch for the border lines |
| Brief description | embroidered, 1700s, Turkish |
| Physical description | Hanging, linen embroidered with silk in atma, Roumanian couching (a later addition), close herringbone, double running in a line and chain stitch for the border lines. The hanging is made from three widths of linen joined after being embroidered. The border is a floral meander of two types of red flowers, one of which is a tulip, and blue pointed leaves. The field is divided into a series of diamond-shaped compartments by diagonal blue leaves which are connected by an oval medallion outlined in red. Each compartment contains a large red segmented tulip. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Stamp; Ottoman Turkish; Arabic; Reverse)
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| Summary | The oldest Ottoman embroideries in the V&A date from the 16th and 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. The oldest patterns, such as this one, are made from intersecting lines or lattice formed by blue leaves and a red flower. They enclose spaces filled with flowers. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publications, 2001) Plate 9
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| Accession number | 643-1877 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2001 |
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