Silk Fragment with Wavy-vine Pattern on Green Ground, 16th century, Attributed to Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul, Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas (kemha), Textile (largest piece): H. 53 1/4 in. (135.3 cm), Textiles-Woven, Spectacular, large-pattern silks were favored materials for luxury garments among the courtly elite of sixteenth-century Istanbul, and were often used for the bold, richly colored kaftans of the Ottoman sultans
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Silk Fragment, Wavy-vine Pattern, Green Ground, 16th century, Attributed, Turkey, Bursa, Istanbul, Silk, metal wrapped thread, lampas, kemha, Textile, largest piece, H, 53 1/4, 135.3 cm, Textiles-Woven, Spectacular, large-pattern silks, favored materials, luxury garments, courtly elite, sixteenth-century Istanbul, bold, richly colored kaftans, Ottoman sultans
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