id: 167541 accession number: 2009.282 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2009.282 updated: 2023-03-22 03:04:36.101000 Brocaded velvet cushion cover with crescents, 1525–75. Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa. Velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread, and cotton; overall: 138.4 x 65.4 cm (54 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.); mounted: 134.6 x 63.5 cm (53 x 25 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2009.282 title: Brocaded velvet cushion cover with crescents title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1525–75 creation date earliest: 1525 creation date latest: 1575 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa technique: velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt- and silver-metal thread, and cotton department: Textiles collection: T - Islamic type: Velvet find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 138.4 x 65.4 cm (54 1/2 x 25 3/4 in.); Mounted: 134.6 x 63.5 cm (53 x 25 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). 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 Probably acquired from Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York (c. 1910); Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, by descent to his great-grandson Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild, Geneva (Baron Edmond James de Rothschild (1845-1934) married Adelheid von Rothschild in 1877. Their son lived at Waddesdon Manor, England: James Armand Edmond de Rothschild (1878-1957) married Dorothy Mathilde Pinto (1896-1988) in 1913. Their son Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957), married Noémie Halphen (1888-1968) in 1909. Their son Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (1926-1997), second marriage to Nadine L'Hopitalier (1932-) in 1963. Their son, Benjamin de Rothschild (1963-), is President of Groupe LCF); Colnaghi, London, 1977; The Textile Gallery, London, 1977; Wher Collection, to Jan 1986. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: This lustrous cushion cover is one of the earliest and highest quality examples that has survived. The vibrant field pattern displays large crescents inscribed with smaller crescents and elegant rosebuds on a leafy vine. Harmonious smaller crescents and roses decorate the six pointed lappet designs across each end that identify its function as a cover for a cushion on a divan, the equivalent of a Western sofa. The elegant yet lively quality of the drawing, velvet weave, and dense metal thread indicate that it was made near the height of Ottoman silk textile production in the middle of the 1500s. wall description: This lustrous cushion cover is one of the earliest and highest quality examples that has survived. The vibrant field pattern displays large crescents inscribed with smaller crescents and elegant rosebuds on a leafy vine. The superimposed crescent pattern may be a version of the chintamani balls. Harmonious smaller crescents and roses decorate the six pointed lappet designs across each end that identify its function as a cover for a cushion on a divan, the equivalent of a Western sofa. The elegant yet lively quality of the drawing, velvet weave, and dense metal thread indicate that it was made near the height of Ottoman silk textile production in the middle of the 1500s. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015. page number: Reproduced: Frontspiece, P. 37, 292-293, fig. 8.12; Mentioned: P. 294 url: Rustem, Unver. "From Auspicious Ornament to State Symbol: The Crescent Moon in Ottoman Art and Architecture." In The Moon: A Voyage through Time. Christiane Gruber, ed. Toronto, Ontario: Aga Khan Museum, 2019. page number: Reproduced: P. 46, fig. 2 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.282/2009.282_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.282/2009.282_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2009.282/2009.282_full.tif