Cushion Cover
1600-1699 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| 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 |
| Brief description | embroidered, 1720s, Turkish |
| 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. |
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| Summary | 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. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in 'Ottoman Embroidery' by Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden (V&A Publications, 2001); plates 36 and 37 |
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| Accession number | 935-1897 |
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| Record created | January 16, 2001 |
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