Unknown
Embroidered Square with Tughra
1900-1932
Scroll
Unknown
Embroidered Square with Tughra
1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Natural cotton or linen ground, silk embroidery threads, 19 x 19 in. (48.3 x 48.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martha Custis Peter, Baltimore, MD.
Object Number
2008.34
Square panel of plain-woven unbleached cotton or linen embroidered in pseudo-geometric/floral motifs using light rust monochrome silk threads. The densely worked design, created solely from chain stitches, includes a central medallion with a simplified Arabic tughra (calligraphic onogram, seal, or signature) resembling that of the Ottoman sultan Abduhamid II or Mehmed V. The field is arranged around diamond-shaped motifs outlined in foiate designs. This is surrounded by two lines separated by a narrow area of unworked ground. Beyond this inner border is a border worked in fan-shaped motifs. The edges are finished with embroidery in blanket stitches worked with the same light rust silk.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Martha Custis Peter, Baltimore, MD by gift; Agnes Mott Peter by purchase, 1930s.
Zinn, Melissa Maley, "Early Twentieth Century Turkish Trousseau Textiles, Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://textilecollection.wisc.edu/featured_textile_articles/turkish_trousseau.html, pp. 1-5
Gostelow, Mary, ed. Volume I. Needlework and Embroidery. Alphabooks, 1982. Figure, pp. 164 of rust coloured Spanish embroidery.
Notes on Conversation with Sumru Belger Krody, Curator, Islamic and Greek Textiles (Eastern Hemisphere), Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
Th. De Dillmont, Mulhouse, France. Bulgarian Embroideries. 1975.
Maroc Costumes, broderies, brocarts.
Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain. Jerrilynn Dodds, ed., Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Atil, Esin. The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Hay, Susan Anderson, ed. A World of Costume and Textiles: A Handbook of the Collection. Museum of Art RISD, 1988. 18th cen. Greek, Cyclades cushion cover.
Bunt, Cyril. Hispano-Moresque Fabrics. F. Lewis, Pub., Ltd.,
Paine, Sheila. Embroidered Textiles: Traditional Patterns from Five Continents. Rizzoli, NY.
Spring, Christopher and Julie Hudson. North African Textiles. British Museum, 1995.
Stone, Caroline. The Embroideries of North Africa. London: Longman Group, Ltd., 1985.
Gostelow, Mary, ed. Volume I. Needlework and Embroidery. Alphabooks, 1982. Figure, pp. 164 of rust coloured Spanish embroidery.
Notes on Conversation with Sumru Belger Krody, Curator, Islamic and Greek Textiles (Eastern Hemisphere), Textile Museum, Washington, DC.
Th. De Dillmont, Mulhouse, France. Bulgarian Embroideries. 1975.
Maroc Costumes, broderies, brocarts.
Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain. Jerrilynn Dodds, ed., Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Atil, Esin. The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Hay, Susan Anderson, ed. A World of Costume and Textiles: A Handbook of the Collection. Museum of Art RISD, 1988. 18th cen. Greek, Cyclades cushion cover.
Bunt, Cyril. Hispano-Moresque Fabrics. F. Lewis, Pub., Ltd.,
Paine, Sheila. Embroidered Textiles: Traditional Patterns from Five Continents. Rizzoli, NY.
Spring, Christopher and Julie Hudson. North African Textiles. British Museum, 1995.
Stone, Caroline. The Embroideries of North Africa. London: Longman Group, Ltd., 1985.
Maker
Unknown
2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00
