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Brocaded velvet cushion cover with carnations
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About this work
The lappet designs on the top and bottom identify this textile as an Ottoman cushion cover for a royal divan, or sofa, used in the royal court. Its bold, graphic pattern is made up of carnations in three staggered rows. Carnations are distinguished from other floral motifs by their sawtooth petals and serrated leaves.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBrocaded velvet cushion cover with carnations, late 1500s. Turkey, Bursa. Velvet, brocaded: silk, gilt-and-silver-metal thread; overall: 128.9 x 66.7 cm (50 3/4 x 26 1/4 in.); mounted: 136.5 x 74.3 cm (53 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. James Albert Ford, Leonard C. Hanna Jr., The John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, Mrs. Hermon A. Kelley, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance, Mrs. Harry Stratton, and J. H. Wade by exchange, 1984.27
