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Kaftan

1500-1599 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Turkey (made)

Quilted linen with a design of a plant with berries in ogival compartments.


Object details

Category
Children's Clothes
Object type
Kaftan
Materials and techniques
Quilted linen
Linen
Quilting
Weaving
Sewing
Brief description
Quilted linen, child's garment; Turkey; 1500s.
Physical description
Quilted linen with a design of a plant with berries in ogival compartments.
Dimensions
  • Length: 34in
Credit line
Given by Mrs Lewis F. Day
Object history
Registered File no. 9901/1926.
Subject depicted
Plants
Bibliographic reference
Patricia Baker, Jennifer Wearden, Ann French. "Memento Mori. Ottoman Children's Kaftans in the Victoria & Albert Museum", HALI, 51 (June 1990) 130-140
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
T.257-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O320637/kaftan-unknown/
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