Fragment of a wrapping cloth with leaf-shapes and flowers

Details

• Title

  Fragment of a wrapping cloth with leaf-shapes and flowers

• Associated place

  Asia › Turkey (place of creation)

• Date

  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

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  processed material › metal › silver

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed;

  needleworked › embroidered

• Object type

  textile › cloth;

  miscellaneous equipment › wrapping

• Dimensions

  54.5 x 52 cm (length x width)
  ground fabric .01 cm (thread diameter)
  additional fibre, embroidery .08 cm (thread diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 2004.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2004.7

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