Kaftan / fragment

Description

Kaftan fragment, originally forming the back of a child's collarless and short sleeved garment, of silk brocade or kemca woven with a design of eight-pointed stars with central tulip motifs: Turkey, Ottoman, late 10th - early 11th centruy AH / late 16th - early 17th century AD

Museum reference

A.1884.65.23

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Kaftan / fragment

Production information

Bursa, Turkey, West Asia
Istanbul, Turkey, West Asia

Date

Late 16th - early 17th century
Late 10th - early 11th century AH

Style / Culture

Ottoman

Materials

Silk, Cotton, Silver, Brocade, Kemca

Exhibitions

• Patterns of Life (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Discover Islamic Art (01 Dec 2005)
  World Wide Web

References

ATASOY, N., DENNY, W.B., MACKIE, L.W. and TEZCAN, H., IPEK: The Crescent and the Rose-Imperial Ottoman Silks and Velvets, London 2001, pp. 21-23, pp. 268-69, fig. 201 [For a discussion of this piece and Ottoman silks in general]

Scarce, Jennifer M. 2009. Risen from the Grave? A Group of Ottoman Turkish Textiles of the Late 16th/Early 17th Century in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh. Thirteenth International Congress of Turkish Art. Proceedings. Ed. Geza David and Ibolya Gerelyes. Budapest: Hungarian National Museum, 2009, pp. 625-635

Links to other web pages

MWNF

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
world cultures, patterns of life