id: 165120 accession number: 2007.13 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2007.13 updated: 2023-01-11 16:49:41.935000 Brocaded Silk Cushion Cover & Iranian Striped Silk Surround, early 1600s. Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul, Ottoman period. Silk, gilt-metal thread; lampas weave; overall: 141 x 68.4 cm (55 1/2 x 26 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 2007.13 title: Brocaded Silk Cushion Cover & Iranian Striped Silk Surround title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early 1600s creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1630 current location: creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund copyright: --- culture: Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul, Ottoman period technique: silk, gilt-metal thread; lampas weave department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Textile find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 141 x 68.4 cm (55 1/2 x 26 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Islamic art rotation opening date: 2016-12-21T05:00:00 Islamic art rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 21, 2016-December 4, 2017). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE English art market, Russia date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Cushion covers, associated with comfort, were made especially to cover cushions placed on divans, the equivalent of sofas. Most were woven in brocaded velvet because the projecting pile could withstand abrasion more effectively than this rare brocaded silk example. Cushion covers typically display a row of six lappets (flaps or folds) across each end of a field decorated with either a repeating motif or a medallion pattern as shown here. Opulent gilt-metal thread forms the elegant minimalist pattern on a lustrous crimson silk ground. All the designs-the medallion and corner medallions, central rosette, and corner tulips, plus the lappets bearing rosettes-are outlined in silhouette. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Mackie, L. (2015). Symbols of power : luxury textiles from Islamic lands, 7th-21st century. Cleveland, OH New Haven, CT London: Cleveland Museum of Art, Distributed by Yale University Press. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2007.13/2007.13_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2007.13/2007.13_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2007.13/2007.13_full.tif