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1800 / 1899, Turkey

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Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert Museum
Identifier
T.310-1966
Acquisition
Given by J. W. F. Morton, Esq.
Collection
Middle East Section
Material
Silk thread
Metal thread
Technique
Weaving
Embroider
Depiction
  • Geometrical motif 60%
Dimension
110 cm (length)
50 cm (width)
Production time
1800 / 1899
18th century (dates CE)
19th century (dates CE)
Production place
Turkey
Type of object
fabrics

Description

At the end of the 18th century embroidery designs began to develop into rigid and heavily stylised borders for towels and napkins. The colours of 18th and 19th century embroideries were originally very bright but many have faded to pleasing pastel shades; often great quantities of metal thread were used. Napkins were mainly used to clean fingers during meals, but were also used as decoration and as covers. Their designs were consistently inventive. Towel of embroidered cotton with silk and metal threads, Turkey, 1800-1899 Towel or napkin of embroidered cotton with silk in double running variations and combinations and musabak, and metal thread in slanted satin stitch, and with plate worked in satin stitch filling in squares. The narrow border along either end is decorated with a closely packed meander with blossoms in shades of pink and green. The main border contains five bowls, each with a large central blossom topped by sprays of smaller flowers and leaves. Between each bowl is a slender cypress tree. The predominant colour is pink and the exact use of colour alternates from one motif to another. One side has been cut and hemmed.

The data contained in ADASilk comes from the archives of Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, CDMT Terrassa, Europeana, Gallica, Garín 1820, Joconde Database of French Museum Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mobilier International, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée des Tissus, Musei di Venezia, Museo de Arte Sacro El Tesoro de la Concepción, Paris Musées, Red Digital de Colecciones de Museos de España, Rhode Island School of Design, Sicily Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian, Versailles, Victoria and Albert Museum. The Virtual Loom and Spatio-Temporal Maps visualizations have been developed by Universitat de Valencia. ADASilk is based on a generic exploratory search engine for knowledge graphs being developed at EURECOM and includes scientific contributions from Universitat de Valencia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Lyon 2, Universita Degli Studi di Palermo, GARIN 1820 S.A., Institut Jozef Stefan, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Monkeyfab, and Instituto Cervantes.

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