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Embroidered Square with Tughra

Unknown

Embroidered Square with Tughra

1900-1932

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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.

Maker

Unknown

2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

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