Location:
Mezzanin: At the Threshold of the Orient
Mezzanin: At the Threshold of the Orient
Location:
Mezzanin: At the Threshold of the Orient
Mezzanin: At the Threshold of the Orient
Ottoman pillow cover
yastık
Standort
Ottoman pillow cover
Cartouches with alternating inverted Persian lettering: mobarak bad (good luck), sa‘adat bad (prosperity). Wealthy Ottomans have a particular liking for pillow covers (yastık) of silk velour (çatma). Bursa, located to the south of Istanbul, is the centre of silk velvet weaving from the 15th until the 17th century. Locally produced silk velvet textiles stitched with gold and silver threads are also popular in Europe. When the Austrian Commercial Museum mounts the first international exhibition of oriental carpets in 1891, historic silk velvet brocades from Bursa are amongst the most important objects displayed.
Object data
Inv. No.
120183
Object Name
Ottoman pillow cover
Collection
Collector
Reference/Institution
Wiener Weltausstellung (1873) - GND
Dated
late 16th/ early 17th century
Accession Date
1925
Culture
Material
Silk, cotton, silver threads
Dimensions
B 61,5 cm × H. 122,5 cm
Cultural Patronage
Cultural Patronage
Das Weltmuseum Wien dankt herzlich Mag. Monika & Dr. André Alvarado-Dupuy für die übernommene Kulturpatenschaft.
