Towel End, early 19th century, Attributed to Turkey, Linen, silk, metal wrapped thread; plain weave, embroidered, H. 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, Ottoman embroidery before the eighteenth century tended to replicate the opulence of court weaving, and more often was produced as less expensive versions of the magnificent woven silks and velvets. This towel end lends support to the suggestion that Ottoman embroidery was not regarded as an art form until 1720, when it stopped copying woven designs and became truly creative, and new and more naturalistic floral motifs were permitted to sway more freely across the field of the design
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