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Unknown Maker, Turkish

Textile hanging

Maker

Unknown Maker, Turkish

Culture

Turkish

Title

Textile hanging

Year

1800s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk, linen

Geography

Place Made: Turkey

Dimensions

Length: 185.4 cm (73 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.244

Type

Exhibition History

Ottoman Turkish Interior Textiles from the Aldrich Collection
Jan 22, 2016 – Jul 17, 2016

Label copy

This elaborately patterned hanging, made for an architectural niche, would also have found domestic use. The heavy red weave is brocaded in yellow, green, and blue silk; in the center is a vase of flowers, with a dome and Turkish crescent above and lamps hanging in arches below. Star and floral motifs fill the borders.

One legacy of the 16th-century Ottoman textile artisans is the use of architectual details like those found in this 19th-century example, which suggests an Ottoman courtyard.

Islamic Art
A Survey
Oct 07, 1982 – Apr 24, 1983

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Turkish
Textile hanging, 1800s
Silk satin compound weave, with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning tied in twill
Length: 185.4 cm (73 inches)
Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 55.244

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