id: 162780 accession number: 2003.3 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.3 updated: 2020-10-08 09:01:24.468000 Brocaded velvet panel with Italianate pattern, 1575-1625. Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa. Velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt-metal thread, and cotton; overall: 173 x 241.5 cm (68 1/8 x 95 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 2003.3 title: Brocaded velvet panel with Italianate pattern title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1575-1625 creation date earliest: 1575 creation date latest: 1625 current location: creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- culture: Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa technique: velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt-metal thread, and cotton department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Velvet find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 173 x 241.5 cm (68 1/8 x 95 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Islamic art rotation opening date: 2012-12-03T05:00:00 Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 3, 2012-December 9, 2013). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Gallery 207 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 7, 2004-May 31, 2005). --- PROVENANCE Bacri Freres, Armenian dealers in Paris in the 1940s and 50s; (auctioned by Rossini at Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 10/9/02), (bought by Francesca Galloway, London). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Rarely are four fabric widths preserved together from any culture. This gilt-metal thread pattern combines fashionable Turkish and Italian features. The large ogival (curved) lattice clasped by crowns and the velvet structure are Turkish features whereas the two so-called artichoke designs are enlarged adaptations of Italian motifs. The well-matched pattern along the seams reveals masterful weaving. This luxurious velvet panel, a symbol of wealth and power, was woven during the artistic height of the Ottoman Empire in the late 1500s, shortly after the reign of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent. It may have covered a divan (sofa) or possibly enhanced a wall during cold winters in the imperial Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.3/2003.3_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.3/2003.3_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2003.3/2003.3_full.tif