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Turkish, Ottoman Empire

Altar cloth, 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Turkish

Title

Altar cloth

Year

1800s

Medium

Wool, silk, metallic-wrapped yarn, metal sequin, cotton; twill weave with embroidery and appliqué, pieced

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wool,
  • silk,
  • metallic yarn,
  • sequin,
  • metal,
  • cotton

Techniques

  • chain stitch,
  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered,
  • twill weave,
  • couching

Dimensions

Length: 198.1 cm (78 inches)

Place

Ottoman Empire

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.555

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Ottoman Turkish Interior Textiles from the Aldrich Collection

January 22 - July 17, 2016

In this turquoise-blue textile, floral forms are heavily embellished in colored silk floss, gold-wrapped yarns, and shiny sequins. The blue silk fringe around three sides explains a later use of this work, as an altar cloth in a Christian church.

Although the overall design and craft is Turkish in style, the layout is a European-style repeat—not the more typical clustering of motifs in the borders. Sumru Belger Krody, senior curator at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., suggests this work was made in Istanbul for a Christian clientele using Turkish Rococo motifs and techniques.

Razzle-Dazzle

June 16 - October 15, 2006

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Altar cloth with the accession number of 55.555. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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