Cushion Cover
1625-1650 (made)
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Cushion cover, voided and brocaded silk velvet or çatma, with staggered carnation stems outlined in green reserved against red ground, with row of six lappets containing rosebud sprays at each end. Straight repeat on horizontal axis and point repeat on vertical axis with two minimum pattern areas.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Voided and brocaded silk. Satin foundation structure: ivory silk warp, single strand ivory cotton weft. Satin and velvet warp order 3-1-2. Velvet structure: red and green silk; pile count: warps 11, along weft 17. Binding weft threads: silk, skinny ivory. Brocade structure: whole 4/1 twill, count 20, shots between pile 2. Metal and twist: gilt (?) S-twist, tightly wrapped. Selvedges: 2cm, very fine, densely packed satin with little cotton weft exposed; satin warps seem slightly thicker silk bits; one colour. |
| Brief description | Cushion cover, voided and brocaded silk velvet or çatma, with large staggered carnation stems, and six arched lappets containing rosebud sprays at upper and lower borders, probably Bursa, Ottoman Turkey, 1625-1650. |
| Physical description | Cushion cover, voided and brocaded silk velvet or çatma, with staggered carnation stems outlined in green reserved against red ground, with row of six lappets containing rosebud sprays at each end. Straight repeat on horizontal axis and point repeat on vertical axis with two minimum pattern areas. |
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| Gallery label | Jameel Gallery
2 Velvet Cushion Cover with Carnations
Turkey, probably Bursa
1625–50
Turkish weavers adapted Italian textile patterns and made them more identifiably Ottoman. Here the basic design of large motifs in staggered rows is derived from Italian textiles. The stylised carnations are unmistakably Ottoman.
Silk velvet with metal-wrapped thread
Museum no. 104-1878
(2012) |
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| Accession number | 104-1878 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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