Yaglik (napkin) Turkey Ottoman Empire 19th century The Textile Museum 1990.4.33 Gift of Leila F. Wilson In the 19th century, landscape designs on Ottoman embroidered textiles were common and depicted garden imagery and architectural features. With simple scenes, embroiderers began to experiment with perspective, using color to show depth. Sometimes up to 15 colors would be used in a single textile to suggest three-dimensionality. Napkins were made in different sizes for many different uses. Structural information for this object Previous | Next Back to Thumbnails © 2001, The Textile Museum, 2320 S Street, NW; Washington, DC 20008