On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Cushion Cover

1625-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Turkey (made)

Green woven silk brocade velvet with central floral motif and star burst .

Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Cushion cover
Materials and techniques
Woven silk brocade velvet with vertical and horizontal point repeat with 4 minimum pattern areas. Satin foundation styructure 4/1 satin, warp: silk, ivory, regular thickness. Weft: cotton, single strand. Satin & velvet warp order 3-1-2. Velvet structure: green silk, pile counts, warps 11, along weft 13. Binding weft threads: silk, thin and less thin. Brocade structure, part brocaded; 4/1 twill, count 23, shots between pile 2; metal & twist: gilt or silver (?) S. Tightness of wrap: medium. Slightly S spun silk filaments. Satin selvedges: purply brown think silk with a little blue thicker silk. The brocade is relatively intact; the gilt thread seemed to have been used mostly in accents: in the serrated leaves at the side, in the cenre of the smallest circles; the rest of the velvet is voided NOT brocaded.
Silk (Textile)
Cotton
Weaving
Brief description
Cushion cover, green voided and brocaded silk velvet, with radiating central design of carnations, crescents, saz and lotus leaves, probably Bursa, Ottoman Turkey, 1625-1650
Physical description
Green woven silk brocade velvet with central floral motif and star burst .
Dimensions
  • Length: 95cm
  • Width: 61cm
  • Length: 36cm (of repeat pattern)
  • Width: 30cm (of repeat pattern)
Style
Ottoman
Gallery label
Jameel Gallery

4 Green Velvet Cushion Cover
Turkey, probably Bursa
1625–50

This striking design radiates from a central prunus flowers, surrounded by carnations and roundels. The outer field contains large leaf shapes and roundels, with a range of smaller flowers subtly superimposed: lilies, roses and tulips. The same flowers were painted on Iznik ceramic vessels and tiles, examples of which can be seen in this gallery.

Silk velvet with metal-wrapped thread

Museum no. 620-1892

Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
620-1892

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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