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A long rectangular piece of fabric with unfinished side edges and a small geometric border at the top and bottom. The fabric’s background is a light yellow color and the pattern is teal. There are four and a half large alternating floral motifs along the center of the fabric. There are two fan-shaped motifs with smaller flower stems inside them and two and a half large, curved blossom motifs. They are surrounded by smaller floral details.

The long rectangular piece of fabric lies flat horizontally and has unfinished side edges and a small geometric border at the top and bottom. The fabric’s background is a light yellow color and the pattern is teal with some spots colored grey. The central pattern is shown by the light yellow outlines of the motifs with teal surrounding them. There are four and a half large alternating floral motifs along the center of the fabric. There are two fan-shaped motifs with smaller flower stems inside them and two and a half large, curved blossom motifs. They are surrounded by smaller floral details.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.297
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Velvet with carnation and palmette pattern
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Strip of Velvet Border with Floral Decoration
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
c. 1600
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Bursa
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/212620

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cut, voided blue-green and white velvet with silver thread
Technique
Velvet
Dimensions
H. 30.5 x W. 119 cm (12 x 46 7/8 in.)
frame: W. 128.6 cm (50 5/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.297
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 184-185/figure 5
  • Walter B. Denny and Aileen Ribeiro, Court and Conquest: Ottoman Origins and the Design for Handel's Tamerlano at the Glimmerglass Opera, exh. cat., Kent State University Museum (Kent State, OH, 1999), page 45/figure 49

Exhibition History

  • Recent Acquisitions , Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/15/1986 - 01/04/1987
  • The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1987 - 08/02/1987
  • The Ottoman Empire: A Culture and Its Impact, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/1989 - 05/21/1989
  • Court and Conquests, Ottoman Origins and the Designs for Handel's "Tamerlano" at the Glimmerglass Opera, Equitable Gallery, New York, 11/18/1998 - 01/23/1999
  • A Grand Legacy: Arts of the Ottoman Empire, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/1999 - 01/02/2000
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/2019 - 11/06/2019

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