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Embroidered quilt with pomegranates and tulips

1600s-1700s

Turkey

Medium
plain weave: linen; embroidery, running stitch: silk
Measurements
Average: 194.3 x 137.2 cm (76 1/2 x 54 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1300
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In Turkey, embroidered motifs were often adapted from Ottoman court art, especially luxury silks. Even the same six colors of silk thread were used: crimson or red, blue, green, and brown/black, plus yellow and white that replaced costly gilt- and silver-metal thread. In a typically bold style, pomegranates are framed by serrated leaves. Most of the original dark brown silk thread of the floral stems has disintegrated, revealing black ink outlines on the linen ground.
A vertically long linen and silk textile panel features a repeating floral pattern in muted red, blue, and yellow threads. Large, teardrop-shaped pomegranates with blue-fringed borders enclose circular red and white motifs against a beige ground. Between these rows, segmented red tulips rise on thin stalks, punctuated by scattered small blossoms. A decorative border of alternating blue and red floral patterns frames the field, which is finished with frayed edges.

Embroidered quilt with pomegranates and tulips

1600s-1700s

Turkey

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