Loom Width of Silk Velvet with 'Pinecone' Pattern

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 460

With its bold, contrasting pattern of pinecone or artichoke forms, striking deep red and gold palette, and costly combination of silk and gilded metal‑wrapped thread, this luxurious textile exemplifies the high‑quality velvets produced for the Ottoman court. Referred to as çatma, such fabrics are woven using a method akin to that employed for looped cotton bath towels. Here, however, the raw material is the finest silk, and its many rows of tiny loops have been cut to form a sumptuous velvet pile.

Loom Width of Silk Velvet with 'Pinecone' Pattern, Silk, metal wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded

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Loom Width of Silk Velvet with 'Pinecone' Pattern, Silk, metal wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded
Loom Width of Silk Velvet with 'Pinecone' Pattern, Silk, metal wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded
Loom Width of Silk Velvet with 'Pinecone' Pattern, Silk, metal wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded

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