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Yastik Cushion Cover

ca. 1600
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 460
Rectangular silk velvets, such as this textile, would have been used to cover cushions, or yastik, on a low seating platform. They feature staggered rows of dramatic floral medallions set against a crimson ground. The ends of the textiles exhibit borders of repeating floral motifs set into rows of small arched forms known as lappets.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Yastik Cushion Cover
  • Date: ca. 1600
  • Geography: Attributed to Turkey, Bursa
  • Medium: Silk, cotton, metal wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet (çatma), brocaded
  • Dimensions: Textile a: H. 50 in. (127 cm)
    W. 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm)
    Textile b: H. 50 1/2 in. (128.3 cm)
    W. 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm)
    Mount: H. 53 3/4 in. (136.5 cm)
    W. 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm)
    D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Woven
  • Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.120.123
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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