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A piece of the back (back) of a kaftan
(قطعة من خلفية ظهر قفطان)

Title	A piece of the back (back) of a kaftan
Title Original	قطعة من خلفية ظهر قفطان
Publication Date:	The tenth century AH / mid-sixteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Silk, metallic warp thread, taquette (ceraser)
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	القماش : الطول : 132.1 سم ، العرض : 68.6 سم الحامل : 147.8 سم ،العرض : 84.1 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	52.20.15
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;25;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	The tenth century AH / mid-sixteenth century AD
Notes	This wonderful caftan painting is an example of very high quality serasar production in Istanbul. The serasar is a material that was very favored in the Ottoman court. It is composed of silk woven with coiled threads of gold and silver in a composite structure of two warp threads and two more complementary wefts. The design of the peacock feathers refers to a bird that resided in Paradise and was expelled from it with Adam and Eve because of their disobedience to the commands of God. Large, spaced-out designs were often used in fabrics of the mid-to-late sixteenth century, as they were seen from a distance and were preferred as parade clothing.
Sample Text	“A piece of the back of a caftan” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;25;ar

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A piece of the back (back) of a kaftan

(قطعة من خلفية ظهر قفطان)

Publication Date The tenth century AH / mid-sixteenth century AD

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Silk, metallic warp thread, taquette (ceraser)

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions القماش : الطول : 132.1 سم ، العرض : 68.6 سم الحامل : 147.8 سم ،العرض : 84.1 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 52.20.15

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;25;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date The tenth century AH / mid-sixteenth century AD

Notes This wonderful caftan painting is an example of very high quality serasar production in Istanbul. The serasar is a material that was very favored in the Ottoman court. It is composed of silk woven with coiled threads of gold and silver in a composite structure of two warp threads and two more complementary wefts. The design of the peacock feathers refers to a bird that resided in Paradise and was expelled from it with Adam and Eve because of their disobedience to the commands of God. Large, spaced-out designs were often used in fabrics of the mid-to-late sixteenth century, as they were seen from a distance and were preferred as parade clothing.

Sample Text “A piece of the back of a caftan” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;25;ar