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Fragment of a wrapping cloth with leaf-shapes and flowers
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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mid-18th century - mid-19th century
Ottoman Period (1281 - 1924)
- Material and technique
- silk, satin woven, with undyed warp and red weft, embroidered with coloured silk and silver thread
- Dimensions
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54.5 x 52 cm (length x width)
ground fabric .01 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery .08 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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dyed,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Purchased, 2004.
- Accession no.
- EA2004.7
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Further reading
Washington, D.C.: Textile Museum, 18 February-30 July 2000, Flowers of Silk and Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery, Sumru Krody, ed. (London: Merrell in association with the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 2000), cat. 120, illus. 20
Location
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- currently in research collection
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