Kaftan

second half 17th–early 18th century

Not on view

The back of this fragmentary silk robe, or kaftan, features a design of large gold palmettes and curving serrated saz leaves on a white ground. The design is dotted with carnations and small blossoms typical of the floral style popular in the seventeenth-century Ottoman court. The main panel is almost the full width of the loom on which the textile was made. Kaftans like this would likely have been given as gifts to courtiers and other dignitaries.

Artwork Details

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Exhibition History

Title: Kaftan
Date: second half 17th–early 18th century
Geography: Attributed to Turkey
Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; taqueté (seraser)
Dimensions: Back piece: H. 54 in. (137.2 cm)
W. 27 3/16 in. (69 cm)
Front piece: H. 56 1/4 in. (142.9 cm)
W. 26 in. (66 cm)
Mount (2003.416a): H. 61 1/2 in. (156.2 cm)
W. 32 1/4 in. (81.9 cm)
D. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Costumes
Credit Line: Purchase, Sakip Sabanci Gift and Rogers Fund, 2003
Object Number: 2003.416a–e
Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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