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Unknown Maker, Turkish

Napkin or Yaģlik

Maker

Culture

Turkish

Title

Napkin or Yaģlik

Year

late 1800s

Medium

Cotton plain weave with silk- and metallic-yarn embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Cotton plain weave with silk- and metallic-yarn embroidery

Materials

cotton, silk, metallic wrapped yarn

Geography

Place Made: Turkey; Place Made: Istanbul; Place Made: Bursa

Dimensions

Length: 80.6 cm (31 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.562.5

Type

Textiles

Exhibition History

Ottoman Turkish Interior Textiles from the Aldrich Collection

Jan 22, 2016 – Jul 17, 2016

Label copy

A decorated napkin such as this one was a ceremonial object, placed on the lap of a guest at a meal but not generally used. The drawn work, called musabak, is a feature of 19th-century Turkish embroideries. This technique, seen here around each blue flower, creates tiny open squares in the ground of the cloth, a delicate addition to dense floral motifs.

The Needle's Excellence

Ottoman Embroideries

Mar 24, 2000 – Jun 18, 2000

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Turkish

Napkin or Yaģlik, late 1800s

Cotton plain weave with silk- and metallic-yarn embroidery

Length: 80.6 cm (31 3/4 inches)

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 55.562.5

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