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Ottoman cushion cover
(غطاء وسادة عثماني)

Title	Ottoman cushion cover
Title Original	غطاء وسادة عثماني
Publication Date:	Late sixteenth century / beginning of seventeenth century
Publication Place	- World Museum, Vienna
Subject	Silk, cotton, silver threads
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 122.5 سم ، العرض : 61.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	120.183
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus23;20;ar
Library Location	World Museum, Vienna
Date	Late sixteenth century / beginning of seventeenth century
Notes	Bursa, located south of Istanbul, was the center of silk velvet weaving from the 15th to 17th centuries, and locally produced silk velvet fabrics were sewn with gold and silver thread, which was also popular in Europe. When the Austrian Trade Museum held its first exhibition of oriental carpets in 1891, a silk velvet brocade from Bursa was among the most important pieces on display. Wealthy Ottomans had a special love for pillowcases (yastik) of silk velvet (chatma). This Ottoman pillow cover shows rectangles with alternating inverted Persian letters (Mubarak-bad), (Good luck), and (Sada-bad). (Prosperity).
Sample Text	"Ottoman Cushion Cover" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;20;ar

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Ottoman cushion cover

(غطاء وسادة عثماني)

Publication Date Late sixteenth century / beginning of seventeenth century

Publication Place - World Museum, Vienna

Subject Silk, cotton, silver threads

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 122.5 سم ، العرض : 61.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 120.183

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus23;20;ar

Library Location World Museum, Vienna

Date Late sixteenth century / beginning of seventeenth century

Notes Bursa, located south of Istanbul, was the center of silk velvet weaving from the 15th to 17th centuries, and locally produced silk velvet fabrics were sewn with gold and silver thread, which was also popular in Europe. When the Austrian Trade Museum held its first exhibition of oriental carpets in 1891, a silk velvet brocade from Bursa was among the most important pieces on display. Wealthy Ottomans had a special love for pillowcases (yastik) of silk velvet (chatma). This Ottoman pillow cover shows rectangles with alternating inverted Persian letters (Mubarak-bad), (Good luck), and (Sada-bad). (Prosperity).

Sample Text "Ottoman Cushion Cover" within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus23;20;ar