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Pillow cover (yastik)
Turkish
Ottoman
17th century
Object Place: Turkey
Medium/Technique
Silk cut voided velvet brocade, cotton, silver colored metal strip wrapped on silk core
Dimensions
125.6 x 66 cm (49 7/16 x 26 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Brimmer
Accession Number77.256
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionVoid cut silk pile with design of carnations in profile growing from stem bearing two long leaves and two small tulips, brocaded with tarnished metal thread (metal wound on white silk) and detailed with tulips, hyacinths and rose-buds in cut silk pile. Neutral brown cotton weft.
ProvenanceGift of Martin Brimmer to MFA, December 1, 1877.