Velvet Panel

CultureTurkish
Titles
  • Velvet Panel
Datelate 16th–early 17th century
MediumSilk, cotton, and metal-wrapped thread: cut and voided velvet, brocaded
Dimensions69 1/2 × 49 1/4 in. (176.5 × 125.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2015 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala, and Anne and Albert Chao
Object number2015.80
Non exposé

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DescriptionThis silk velvet panel glitters from its metalwrapped threads. Similar wall hangings and upholstery fabrics decorated the Ottoman sultan’s palace and the wealthiest households. Velvets were produced at Bursa, the center of the important Ottoman textile industry. Ottoman
sultans loved gardens, and the tulips, carnations, and hyacinths are part of the enduring floral style developed by the mid-16th-century court
artist Kara Memi and seen in a myriad of artistic media. This panel is particularly spectacular as it includes two full loom widths instead of one.
ProvenanceJames Rothschild collection; Yigal Tanai, Tel Aviv, Israel, early 1980s; purchased by MFAH, 2015.

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