The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Brocaded silk with foliate medallions from a kaftan
1525–75
Overall: 105.7 x 49.5 cm (41 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.); Mounted: 110.5 x 54.6 cm (43 1/2 x 21 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.741
Location: not on view
Description
Medallions enriched with floral and foliate decoration were signature Ottoman patterns during the height of silk textile production in the second half of the 1500s. Imperial kaftans with related patterns are preserved in the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul along with those worn by young princes. In this splendid length from a kaftan, abundant silver-thread flora and overlapping leaves on vines enliven medallions in the densely woven fabric. It is a combination of two weaves, called lampas, which creates two contrasting surfaces composed of vertical warps and horizontal wefts.- ?-1924Mrs. Chauncey J. [Mary Anne Italia Mitchell] Blair [1856-1940], Chicago, IL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1924-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 310, fig. 8.25Mackie, Louise. "The Ottoman Sultans' Penchant for Italian Luxury Textiles." In Oriental Silks in Medieval Europe. Juliane von Fircks, and Regula Schorta, eds., 316-327. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2016. Reproduced: P. 326, fig. 6
- Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14, 2013-June 23, 2014).2000 Years of Silk Weaving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).
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