id:			95579
accession number:	1916.1300
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.1300
updated:		2022-10-28 20:17:37.205000

Embroidered quilt with pomegranates and tulips, 1600s-1700s. Turkey. Plain weave: linen; embroidery, running stitch: silk; average: 194.3 x 137.2 cm (76 1/2 x 54 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1300

title:				Embroidered quilt with pomegranates and tulips
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creation date:			1600s-1700s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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culture:	Turkey
technique:	plain weave: linen; embroidery, running stitch: silk
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Average: 194.3 x 137.2 cm (76 1/2 x 54 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2015-12-16T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2015-December 19, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 329-330, fig. 8.47
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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.1300/1916.1300_full.tif