Length of a lampas-woven textile; silk and metal lamella spun around a silk core
Turkey; 2nd half of 16th century
H: 158; W: 64.5 cm
Inventory number 6/1980
Like Iznik ceramics and other decorative art, many of the Ottoman textiles were embellished with flowers from the local flora.
This magnificent silk brocade features lush, golden pomegranates enclosing roses, tulips, and little red flowers. The pomegranates are surrounded by blue hyacinths and bouquets of roses and tulips. The composition also includes three silver-colored _chintamani _balls. The pattern is composed of oval units that are repeated in staggered rows.
Both this kind of pattern and pomegranates were found frequently in Ottoman textiles after c. 1550, but the type can be traced back to the 13th century in the eastern Islamic world.
This magnificent silk brocade features lush, golden pomegranates enclosing roses, tulips, and little red flowers. The pomegranates are surrounded by blue hyacinths and bouquets of roses and tulips. The composition also includes three silver-colored _chintamani _balls. The pattern is composed of oval units that are repeated in staggered rows.
Both this kind of pattern and pomegranates were found frequently in Ottoman textiles after c. 1550, but the type can be traced back to the 13th century in the eastern Islamic world.
Published in
Published in
Art from the World of Islam. 8th-18th century, Louisiana, Humlebæk 1987, cat.no. 202;
Soliman le Magnifique:15 fevrier au 14 mai 1990, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris 1990, cat.no. 263;
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no. 402;
Kjeld von Folsach and Anne-Marie Keblow Bernsted: Woven Treasures: Textiles from the World of Islam, The David Collection, Copenhagen 1993, cat.no. 27;
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 396;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 657;
Asja Gimborg: Velikolepnyj vek osmanskogo iskusstva: dvorcy, meceti, garemy i nocnoj Bosfor, Moskva 2023, p. 125;
Soliman le Magnifique:15 fevrier au 14 mai 1990, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Paris 1990, cat.no. 263;
Kjeld von Folsach: Islamic art. The David Collection, Copenhagen 1990, cat.no. 402;
Kjeld von Folsach and Anne-Marie Keblow Bernsted: Woven Treasures: Textiles from the World of Islam, The David Collection, Copenhagen 1993, cat.no. 27;
Kjeld von Folsach, Torben Lundbæk and Peder Mortensen (eds.): Sultan, Shah and Great Mughal: the history and culture of the Islamic world, The National Museum, Copenhagen 1996, cat.no. 396;
Kjeld von Folsach: Art from the World of Islam in The David Collection, Copenhagen 2001, cat.no. 657;
Asja Gimborg: Velikolepnyj vek osmanskogo iskusstva: dvorcy, meceti, garemy i nocnoj Bosfor, Moskva 2023, p. 125;
