Anatolian and Turkish Yastiks

A yastik is a small rug or bag for sitting against or leaning against. It can also be a cover. If it is to sit upon it is a minder or masnad. I never paid a great deal of attention to them until my dear friend Harold Keshishian showed me some examples from his collection.

Saturday at Keshishian's An Old Yastik sort of 25th of February 2006 Harold Keshishian's Oldest Yastik Saturday at Keshishian's A Brilliant Yastik 25th of February 2006

The best and the oldest are invariably utilitarian and show wear. HK also mentioned that the oldest that he has seen dates to about 1850.

Saturday at Keshishian's An Old Yastik sort of 25th of February 2006

The Vance N. Jordan Kirsehir Yastik Mid 19th century

Yastiks

• Bergama Area Yastik w/Single Weft Keshishian Collection

• KIRSEHIR YASTIK, CENTRAL ANATOLIA LOT 50

• The Vance N. Jordan Kirsehir Yastik Mid 19th century Lot 11

• The Marla Mallett Ottoman Yastik Mid 19th century

• The Kearney Collection Central Anatolian Yastik Mid 19th century

• Central Anatolian Yastik Mid 19th century Lot 72

• Central Anatolian Yastik First half 19th century

• The Kearney Collection East Anatolian Yastik Third Quarter 19th century

• Kurdish Yastik Late 19th century Lot 76

• So Close and Yet ... : A Yastik Adventure by R. John Howe

• East Anatolian Yastik Mid 19th century

• Ottoman Silk Embroidery Cintamani 18th century Yastik

• Konya rug with a yastik design mid 19th century Sotheby's Lot 24

• Konya Yastik circa 1880 Sotheby's Lot 49

• Yastik Central Anatolia Date 1850 or earlier Herat Ltd

• Gelveri Yastik Markarian Antique Rugs 2nd half 19th century

• Flat woven Yastik Central Anatolia Date 1875 -1900 Herat Ltd

• Yastik Central Anatolia Date 1890 - 1910 Herat Ltd

• Notes on Anatolian Gelveri Rugs

• Yastik West Anatolia late 19th Century Tony Kitz Rugs

From www.SpongoBongo.com

• Kurdish Flatwoven Yastik
• Silk and Metal Thread Ottoman Voided Yastik
• Rippon-Boswell Kirsehir Yastik c. 1800 lot 52
• Rippon-Boswell mid 19th C. Nidge Yastik lot 92

From Akrep

• Karapinar Yastik
• Erzurum yastik
• Malatya yastik
• Divan-rug Arapkir

The Kearney Collection Central Anatolian Yastik Mid 19th century

Brian Morehouse's Yastiks-Cushion Covers and Storage Bags of Anatolia

Minder

A minder or Minder-Yastik as they are sometimes called, is a small cushion or cushion cover for one to sit upon.

From www.SpongoBongo.com

Sotheby's Ottoman voided velvet and metal-thread (çatma) cushion covers (minder) 18th C. lot 335

Sotheby's Ottoman voided velvet and metal-thread (çatma) cushion covers (minder) 18th C. lot 335

"Catma is a kind of velvet fabric with a double ground and raised design. In the 16th century the fame of Bursa catmas spread far beyond the confines of the Empire, Although a very costly fabric, it was in great demand in foreign markets and was one of Bursa’s most important exports. It was also very popular on the domestic market and occupied an important place among the gifts presented to foreign heads of state by envoys and ambassadors. This is the reason for the large number of catma cushion covers in European and American museums." The Art Of Turkish Textiles