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Kaftan

1550-1600 (made)

Child's kaftan, two front panels only, silk lampas with metal-wrapped thread, design of ogival trellis, Istanbul or Bursa, Turkey, 1550-1600

Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Kaftan
  • Kaftan
Materials and techniques
5 shaft satin ground, 1/3 twill binding for the tissue wefts; 3 ground warps; 1 binding warp; 1 ground weft; 1 pattern weft. Warps: ground: silk, red; binding: silk, white. Wefts: ground: silk, yellow; pattern, silver metal strip on a 3 stranded white silk core, plied; silk, white, used with metal strip
Brief description
Child's kaftan, two front panels only, silk lampas with metal-wrapped thread, design of ogival trellis, Istanbul or Bursa, Turkey, 1550-1600
Bibliographic references
  • J.M. Rogers, Islamic Art and Design, 1500-1700, London, 1983.
  • Patricia Baker, Jennifer Wearden, Ann French. "Memento Mori. Ottoman Children's Kaftans in the Victoria & Albert Museum", HALI, 51 (June 1990) 130-140
Collection
Accession number
762-1884

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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