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This signature Turkish brocaded silk has a classic elegance associated with the artistic height of the 1500s. The prominent golden medallions and ogival (curved) lattice contrast with exceptionally delicate Turkish flowers—tulips, roses, carnations, and hyacinths—which all grow on a single vine. The symmetrical design and two complete medallions with lattices across the width are typical Turkish features of fine brocaded silks. Its original function is uncertain. Possibly it was intended for an imperial kaftan, a garment consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands, examples of which are preserved in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, the imperial center of the vast and wealthy Ottoman Empire.
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124971
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Lampas with floral medallions in ogival lattice
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124971
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title
Lampas with floral medallions in ogival lattice
description
This signature Turkish brocaded silk has a classic elegance associated with the artistic height of the 1500s. The prominent golden medallions and ogival (curved) lattice contrast with exceptionally delicate Turkish flowers—tulips, roses, carnations, and hyacinths—which all grow on a single vine. The symmetrical design and two complete medallions with lattices across the width are typical Turkish features of fine brocaded silks. Its original function is uncertain. Possibly it was intended for an imperial kaftan, a garment consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands, examples of which are preserved in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, the imperial center of the vast and wealthy Ottoman Empire.
date
1550–75
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79903194
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Textile
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1
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Overall: 109.2 x 66.8 cm (43 x 26 5/16 in.); Mounted: 116.2 x 74.9 cm (45 3/4 x 29 1/2 in.)
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Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa
accession
1946.419
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Silk and gilt-metal thread; lampas
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Lampas with floral medallions in ogival lattice, 1550–75. Turkey, Istanbul or Bursa. Silk and gilt-metal thread; lampas; overall: 109.2 x 66.8 cm (43 x 26 5/16 in.); mounted: 116.2 x 74.9 cm (45 3/4 x 29 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1946.419
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T - Islamic
citations
citation
Weibel, Adèle Coulin. Two Thousand Years of Textiles; The Figured Textiles of Europe and the Near East. New York: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts [by] Pantheon Books, 1952.
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p. 125, no. 155
citation
Franklin, David. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd., 2012.
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Reproduced: p. 30 - 31
citation
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.
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Reproduced: P. 16, 310, fig. 8.26; P. 37, fig. 1.20e; Mentioned: P. 286, 310
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:27:15.101000
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124971
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Textiles
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T - Islamic
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Silk and gilt-metal thread; lampas
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