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Turkish

Embroidery Fragment, 1700s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Turkish

Title

Embroidery Fragment

Year

1700s

Medium

Undyed cotton ground, silk embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Dimensions

20.3 x 44.5 cm (8 x 17 1/2 inches)

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lorin A. Riggs

Object Number

1991.112.1

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Lost in the Museum

October 5, 2018 - August 25, 2019

This textile was catalogued properly when it arrived, but as the object went on and off display, the label that connected them to their records were lost.

The distinctive materials and techniques that make these works noteworthy today—peacock-feather yarns, metallic-wrapped threads, and raffia cut pile—were all described in their original records. By examining details listed in museum records, including fiber contents, measurements, motifs, and embellishments, researchers reunited the unlabeled textiles with their original biographical data, bringing them back into circulation.

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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 Embroidery Fragment with the accession number of 1991.112.1. 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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