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.
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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. (en)
- Cover, silk satin embroidered with silk in atma and with metal thread couched in a basket weave pattern and lines. The border, which runs around all four sides, consists of a blue leaf alternating with a white leaf. The ground is decorated in off-set bands of three, or three and part of a fourth, floral sprigs. A slightly curving stem bears three round white flowers and three long serrated blue leaves. there are small green leaves and smaller light brown flowers.
Made from two pieces joined before being embroidered. (en)
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18th century
Silk satin embroidered with silk in <i>atma</i> (form of couching) stitch and with metal thread couched in a basket weave pattern and lines. Made from two pieces joined before being embroidered.
T.733-1950
Given by Professor R M Dawkins [17/06/2002] (en)
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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. (en)
- Cover, silk satin embroidered with silk in atma and with metal thread couched in a basket weave pattern and lines. The border, which runs around all four sides, consists of a blue leaf alternating with a white leaf. The ground is decorated in off-set bands of three, or three and part of a fourth, floral sprigs. A slightly curving stem bears three round white flowers and three long serrated blue leaves. there are small green leaves and smaller light brown flowers.
Made from two pieces joined before being embroidered. (en)
- Cover
18th century
Silk satin embroidered with silk in <i>atma</i> (form of couching) stitch and with metal thread couched in a basket weave pattern and lines. Made from two pieces joined before being embroidered.
T.733-1950
Given by Professor R M Dawkins [17/06/2002] (en)
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