CultureTurkish
Titles
- Cover (Bohça)
Dateearly 19th century
MediumWool; embroidered with silk with silver and silver-gilt lamella couched over cotton
DimensionsOverall: 48 5/8 × 46 1/2 in. (123.5 × 118.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Guild in honor of their 40th Anniversary
Object number2020.55
Non exposé
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Department
Art of the Islamic WorldsObject Type
and decorative arts. The exuberant floral style is characterized by fanciful sprays of feathers or stylized leaves. Coming from a rich tradition
of embroidery in Ottoman lands, this work is of the highest technical quality, made using a range of techniques and an abundance of silver
and silver-gilt lamella.
ProvenanceAcquired by Francesca Galloway from an American textile collector?, who acquired it in 1994 from Francesca Galloway.
Collection of Konrad Bernheimer of Munich, prior to 1993.
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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Ustad Mansur
c. 1650–1660
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
2014.230.B
Mansur Naqqash
c. 1650–1660
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
2014.230.A
Francisco de Goya
first published 1799
Etching and aquatint
93.175
Romualdo Alinari
1850–1859
Albumen silver print
2000.273.15