Scarf
1700-1850 (made)
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| 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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| Materials and techniques | Linen, embroidered with silk in double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line |
| Brief description | part, Turkish |
| Physical description | Half of a Scarf which has been cut across the middle. Linen embroidered with silk in double darning on the diagonal and double running in a line. The decoration is formed by pink blossoms with white centres, ragged blue blossoms, dark red tri-lobed flowers and smaller pink or green flowers which are packed together to form two right angled triangles with the slopes towards the centre. This arrangment forms a 'V' shape of undecorated ground. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Capt. H. B. Murray |
| 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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publications, 2001); plate 81 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.393-1910 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2001 |
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