id:			106696
accession number:	1924.741
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.741
updated:		2023-03-25 11:14:20.221000

Brocaded silk with foliate medallions from a kaftan, 1525–75. Turkey, Istanbul, Ottoman period. Silk: lampas weave, silver-metal thread; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1924.741

title:				Brocaded silk with foliate medallions from a kaftan
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creation date:			1525–75
creation date earliest:		1525
creation date latest:		1575
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Turkey, Istanbul, Ottoman period
technique:	Silk: lampas weave, silver-metal thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Textile
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measurements: 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.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		2000 Years of Silk Weaving
	opening date:   1944-01-09T05:00:00
	<i>2000 Years of Silk Weaving</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-April 16, 1944).

	title:		Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900
	opening date:   2013-05-14T04:00:00
	<i>Luxuriance: Silks from Islamic Lands, 1250-1900</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 14, 2013-June 23, 2014).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Chauncey J. [Mary Anne Italia Mitchell] Blair [1856-1940], Chicago, IL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1924
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1924-
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wall 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.
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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: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 310, fig. 8.25
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	Mackie, Louise. "The Ottoman Sultans' Penchant for Italian Luxury Textiles." In <em>Oriental Silks in Medieval Europe. </em>Juliane von Fircks, and Regula Schorta, eds., 316-327. Riggisberg: Abegg-Stiftung, 2016.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 326, fig. 6
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