id:			162780
accession number:	2003.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.3
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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
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creation date:			1575-1625
creation date earliest:		1575
creation date latest:		1625
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
technique:	velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt-metal thread, and cotton
department:	Textiles
collection:	T - Islamic
type:		Velvet
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measurements: Overall: 173 x 241.5 cm (68 1/8 x 95 1/16 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Main Gallery Rotation (gallery 116): November 14 2012 - December 9, 2013.

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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).
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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.
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