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Unknown Maker, Turkish

Textile Length

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Turkish

Culture

Turkish

Title

Textile Length

Year

1550-1650

Medium

  • Silk and cotton satin weave with supplementary cut-warp pile (velvet) and supplementary wrapped metallic weft (çatmas)

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Silk and cotton satin weave with supplementary cut-warp pile (velvet) and supplementary wrapped metallic weft (çatmas)

Materials

silk, cotton, metallic yarn

Geography

Place Made: Bursa; Place Made: Turkey

Dimensions

115.6 x 62.2 cm (45 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of William McCue

Object Number

1988.082.2

Type

  • Textiles

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Glimpses of Grandeur: Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Glimpses of Grandeur
Courtly Arts of the Later Islamic Empires
Sep 24, 1999 – Dec 26, 1999

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Unknown Maker, Turkish
Textile Length, 1550-1650
Silk and cotton satin weave with supplementary cut-warp pile (velvet) and supplementary wrapped metallic weft (çatmas)
115.6 x 62.2 cm (45 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches)
Gift of William McCue 1988.082.2

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