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Cushion cover

Cushion cover

  • Place of origin:

    Turkey (made)

  • Date:

    1600-1699 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Red silk twill, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line); made from two pieces joined before being embroidered

  • Museum number:

    935-1897

  • Gallery location:

    In store

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This is one face of a rectangular cushion cover. The back would have been plain fabric. Cushions were used to form the seat and back of a divan. This was a raised bench that ran along three sides of reception rooms. This design is a copy of a popular pattern usually woven in red or green silk velvet. An embroidered version would have been less expensive and would also have been cooler for use in summer.

Physical description

Cushion cover (yastik) of red silk twill embroidered with yellow silk in atma. Made from two pieces joined before being embroidered.
There is a large central circular medallion containing a segmented pattern with a border of tulip heads. Above a below this medallion is a large segmented carnation from which branch a pair of stems curving around the central medallion and bearing two slightly smaller carnations and two stylised blossoms. There is a row of niches along the lower and upper ends; each niche contains a stylised rosebud.

Place of Origin

Turkey (made)

Date

1600-1699 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Red silk twill, embroidered with silk in atma (laid and couched with a couched line); made from two pieces joined before being embroidered

Dimensions

Length: 102 cm, Width: 50 cm

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publications, 2001); plates 36 and 37

Materials

Silk thread

Techniques

Weaving; Embroidering; Sewing

Subjects depicted

Roses; Carnation

Categories

Textiles; Embroidery

Collection code

T&D

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