Ottoman textiles

TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY

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Tulip textile fragment of silk cut velvet brocade, Turkish, Ottoman, last half of the 16th century. Red cut silk pile with tulips growing from undulating stems brocaded with tarnished gold (gilded silver wound on yellow silk). Neutral yellow cotton weft. 59.5 x 152.5 cm (23 7/16 x 60 1/16") | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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AN OTTOMAN STYLE TEXTILE, 19TH CENTURY

The collection of the Abegg-Stiftung contains numerous textiles and works of applied art that originally belonged to famous private collections of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. This exhibition spotlights a selection of these works and names their illustrious previous owners. Collectors of renown such as Albert Figdor, Marczell von Nemes, Alfred Pringsheim and Edmond […]

Three Textile Fragments with Ogival Patterns (nos. 52.20.22, 44.41.2 and 49.32.79)Seen in these three colorful pieces of Ottoman silk from the sixteenth century, the ogival lattice became the most emblematic of all Ottoman design layouts for both lampas and velvet fabrics

Three Textile Fragments with Ogival Patterns (nos. 52.20.22, 44.41.2 and 49.32.79)Seen in these three colorful pieces of Ottoman silk from the sixteenth century, the ogival lattice became the most emblematic of all Ottoman design layouts for both lampas and velvet fabrics

Ottoman lampas and velvet textiles often feature large-scale designs displayed within the ogival framework. This example incorporates an elongated tulip flanked by two wavy lines and divided by saz style serrated leaves centering tiny blossoms