Hanging
1800-1899 (made)
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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; all were worked in soft colours often enriched with metal thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton, embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over five threads; made from three widths |
| Brief description | A linen hanging embroidered with silk, Turkey, 19th century |
| Physical description | Hanging, incomplete, cotton embroidered with silk in regular surface darning over 5 threads. There are no borders. The field is decorated with a motif repeated in bands of three across each width: green stem curving lightly to the left with, from the bottom, a red flower and red leaf, a blue flower, a green leaf, a red leaf and, at the top, a blue flower. The flowers might be carnations. Made from three widths. |
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| Credit line | Given by Prof. R. M. Dawkins |
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| 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; all were worked in soft colours often enriched with metal thread. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publication, 2001); playe 74 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.90-1950 |
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| Record created | February 7, 2001 |
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