Harvard Art Museums > 1985.295: Fragment of a Velvet Yastik (cushion cover) Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragment of a Velvet Yastik (cushion cover) , 1985.295,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/303398. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.295 Title Fragment of a Velvet Yastik (cushion cover) Classification Textile Arts Work Type textile Date 2nd quarter of 16th century Places Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey), Bursa? Period Ottoman period Culture Ottoman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/303398 Physical Descriptions Medium Cut, voided silk velvet with brocaded metallic thread Technique Velvet Dimensions H. 98 x W. 78 cm (38 9/16 x 30 11/16 in.) frame: H. 109.2 × W. 86.4 cm (43 × 34 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin Binney III, San Diego, (by 1985); bequest to the Fogg Museum. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums Accession Year 1985 Object Number 1985.295 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The cushion cover is cut at both ends. Publication History Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979) Esin Atil, The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1987), pp. 222, fig. 154 James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), page 140-141 Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997 Walter B. Denny and Aileen Ribeiro, Court and Conquest: Ottoman Origins and the Design for Handel's Tamerlano at the Glimmerglass Opera, exh. cat., Kent State University Museum (Kent State, OH, 1999), page 10/figure 10 Exhibition History The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 06/14/1987 - 08/07/1987 The Ottoman Empire: A Culture and Its Impact, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/25/1989 - 05/21/1989 Islamic Art: The Power of Pattern, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 09/23/1989 - 01/17/1990 Woven, Hammered, and Thrown: Textiles and Objects from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 06/22/1991 - 08/18/1991 The Ottomans and their Contemporaries, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/21/1992 - 05/17/1992 Pattern and Purpose. Decorative Arts of Islam., Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/19/1994 - 07/03/1994 Court and Conquests, Ottoman Origins and the Designs for Handel's "Tamerlano" at the Glimmerglass Opera, Equitable Gallery, New York, 11/18/1998 - 01/23/1999; Kent State University Museum, Kent, 02/17/1999 - 04/25/1999 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
