Caption

Tapestry, Turkish, late 17th century. Fragment trimmed on one side with an olive-colored silk border. At the top a stylized plant ornament forms a mihrab niche; a lamp hangs from the top of the niche. Below, in the center, a vase with a stylized bouquet of flowers in a symmetrical arrangement. Plain red plain-weave background; pattern brocaded with braided silver metal thread. Silk fabrics; height 280 cm, width 76 cm., A vertical piece of fabric with a predominant deep pink or magenta field and a narrow gold vertical border along the right edge, featuring ornate gold woven motifs: a large floral-medallion motif near the upper center, a smaller vase-like motif lower down connected by a decorative stem, and an ornate scalloped band with circular floral designs and a fringe-like patterned border running near the bottom; the fabric shows slight variations in texture and subtle darker and lighter areas, and the visible colors are deep pink or magenta and gold.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_206

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17.8Mb (667.3Kb) / 4.4in x 15.8in / 1312 x 4732 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry Turkish late 17th century Fragment trimmed side olive-colored silk border top stylized plant ornament forms mihrab niche lamp hangs niche center vase stylized bouquet flowers symmetrical arrangement Plain red plain-weave background pattern brocaded braided silver metal thread Silk fabrics height 280 cm width 76 cm vertical piece fabric predominant deep pink magenta field narrow gold vertical border right edge featuring ornate gold woven motifs large floral-medallion motif near upper center smaller vase- motif lower down connected decorative stem ornate scalloped band circular floral designs fringe- patterned border running near bottom slight variations texture subtle darker lighter areas visible colors deep pink magenta gold.