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PERSIAN & ISLAMIC ART:
THE COLLECTION OF THE BERKELEY TRUST
Sale L04626 lot 43
AN OTTOMAN SILK EMBROIDERED QUILT COVER (YORGAN YÜZÜ), OTTOMAN EMPIRE
London, New Bond Street 12,000—18,000 GBP Session 1
12 Oct 04 2:30 PM
Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 13,200 GBP
approximately 231 by 152cm., 8ft. by 4ft. 10in.
late 17th century
the fine gauze ground worked with rows of interlocking scroll edged
medallions, alternately outlined with tomato red or sky blue scrolls,
each enclosing a carnation flanked by hyacinth sprays, all within a
narrow arcaded vine border issuing hyacinth blooms and enclosing
çintamani
EXHIBITED
Imperial Ottoman Textiles, Colnaghi, London, 1980, no.34
Treasures of Islam, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Geneva, 1985, no.350
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
King, Donald, Imperial Ottoman Textiles, Colnaghi, London, 1980,
pp.60-1, no.34
Geneva 1985, no.350, p.336
CATALOGUE NOTE
Quilt facings were produced from the 16th century to the beginning of
the 19th century. At first they were worked on a fine linen ground
whereas later examples were embroidered on a much coarser cotton
ground. In Ottoman households beds were not static items of furniture
with dedicated environments but were composed of several mattresses
that were stacked away during the day. At night the quilts would be
covered in the embroidered facings with more durable cloth being used
on the underside of the quilts and tacked together to form slip-covers.
From 1800 the yorgan yüzü were replaced by the bag-like two-faced quilt
covers that remain in use today. Such large format embroideries are
often described as curtains but contemporaneous curtains were composed
of far stouter fabric such as damask or brocade in order to keep the
harsh sun out of the Ottoman interiors. For a related yorgan yüzü from
Epirus see: Taylor, Roderick, Ottoman Embroidery, London, 1993, p.83.
JBOC Comments:
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Last revised:
May 05, 2009.
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