THE PIECE: A Late Ottoman embroidered silk square, possibly a mirror cover, with central tughra, or imperial monogram, 20 by 20 inches. View full sizeThe central design of the textile is known as a ...
Technology, history, and terminology, c 1200-1400 -- Weaving in Anatolia : international styles and local production, 1390-1500 -- Imperial appetites, shared technologies, 1500-1650 -- Regulation and ...
Flowers and flower gardens were an important feature of the 16th century Ottoman elite and court culture. In the sultan’s palace, flowers embellished architectural tiles, opulent textiles and ...
Until 1996, the museum showed textiles in a lower level corridor of its 1916 building, and before that, in a study room. While important textiles were sprinkled in galleries throughout the museum ...
On view for the first time are 68 of the world's finest and most luxurious imperial Ottoman royal textiles from the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and ...
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