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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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