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They are decorated with large-scale, bold designs in red, blue, green and yellow, with some white and black. In the 17th century the main designs were based on wavy parallel stems which run along the length of the fabric. In this example, the lattice has been overwhelmed by the sheer abundance of flowers.","physicalDescription":"Cover of silk satin embroidered with silk in atma with couched single threads (outlines). \r\nAs the ground fabric is very worn it is not possible to determine the number of widths but they were joined together before being embroidered. \r\nThe deep border has a blue ground and is decorated with a series of inward-facing crescents each enclosing a composite blossom with a central cloud band.  Banded tulips on stems curl around the crescents. \r\nThe blue field is covered with fine, undulating parallel stems which run through banded tulips and carnations. the stems are coloured in sections: thin red and then thicker green. There is a secondary system of stem underlying the parallel ones: this also changes colour in sections and is red, black, green and white. It moves horizontally and forms circles around the large carnations and tulips.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk thread","id":"x30127"},{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"}],"techniques":[{"text":"satin weave","id":"x37324"},{"text":"embroidering","id":"AAT53653"},{"text":"sewing","id":"AAT53658"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silk, embroidered with silk in atma stitch with couched single threads; made from widths joined before being embroidered. Single-sided embroidery.","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Embroidery","id":"THES48960"}],"styles":[{"text":"Ottoman","id":"AAT21614"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2006AL8095","2006AL8094"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"42","id":"THES49806"},"free":"","case":"WE12","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Cover","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Turkey","id":"x29225"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1600-1700","earliest":"1600-01-01","latest":"1700-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"181","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"149","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Purchased. Registered File number 21207/1902, 89497/1902 and 89301/1902.","historicalContext":"A similar cover is in the Textile Museum, Washington DC (Inv. No 1.22) but is worked in double running stitch. The design was drawn in ink on to the back of the fabric.","briefDescription":"Cover, pale blue silk satin with dense silk-embroidered design of s-shaped flower stems running parallel, Ottoman Turkey, 1600-1700","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden. Ottoman Embroidery. London: V&A Publications, 2001.","id":"AUTH406830"},"details":"Plates 20 and 21","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Johnstone, P. <u>Turkish embroidery.</u> London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1985, Pl. 19."},{"reference":{"text":"Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. <u>Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion</u>. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.","id":"AUTH389403"},"details":"This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)","free":""}],"production":"Attribution note: As the ground fabric is very worn it is not possible to determine the number of widths but they were joined together before being embroidered; this implies a professional workshop with large embroidery frames.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"Stylized flowers","id":"x30131"},{"text":"tulips","id":"x35467"},{"text":"carnations","id":"x30499"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Jameel Gallery\r\n\r\nHanging or Quilt-cover\r\nTurkey\r\n1600–1700\r\n\r\nThe design of this large textile is organised in a similar way to the one above, with a vertical series of parallel wavy plant stems. However the abundant silk embroidered flowers are altogether larger and more densely packed. They include fantastic versions of familiar garden species such as carnations, tulips, roses, peonies and prunus, rendered in eleven different colours.\r\n\r\nSilk satin embroidered with silk in atma stitch \r\nMuseum no. 830-1902","date":{"text":"2012","earliest":"2012-01-01","latest":"2012-12-31"}}],"partNumbers":["830-1902"],"accessionNumberNum":"830","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1902,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-06","recordCreationDate":"2001-01-16","availableToBook":false}}