Ottoman Silk Embroidery
N°
01753
Period
Circa 1800
Origin
Greece, Europe
Materials
Silk
Status
Available
Size
141 cm x 384'7" x 1'3"
Carefully worked in fine silk, this outstanding Greek Island embroidery consists of a horizontal repeat of directional floral devices containing tulips and hyacinths, which are among the favoured motifs by the Ottoman court. The court commissioned embroideries of this type to the provincial Ottoman regions of the Dodecanese Islands, where the tradition of silk embroidery was consolidated since the Middle Ages.
Conserved on a cotton backing and mounted on a wooden stretcher