1800 / 1880, Turkey

1800 / 1880, Turkey

Identifier
542-1884
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
45 cm (circumference)
18 cm (length)
Production time
Production place

Description

tapestry woven silk, 1850c, Turkish Tapestry woven silk and metal thread, lined with plain weave silk decorated with a metal thread tassel. The cap is made from four triangular sections, identical in patterning. On a green ground a zigzag band in white, originally silver strip wound around a white silk core, framing a triangle framed in white and decorated with trefoil shapes outlined n red, lozenges with black details. In the centre of the green triangle four rows of small narrow oval white shapes outlined in red. Silk: green, S-twist; red, S-twist; black indeterminable twist. Metal thread: silver strip open S-wound on white silk core. The lining is green silk. There is a drawstring around the base: two cords of yellow, white and green silk. There is a tassel from the crown which is 13 cm long. There is a fringe of doubled silver-gilt strip open S-wound on yellow silk and twisted to form a small eyelet at the crown.