Technology, history, and terminology, c 1200-1400 -- Weaving in Anatolia : international styles and local production, 1390-1500 -- Imperial appetites, shared technologies, 1500-1650 -- Regulation and ...

THE PIECE: A Late Ottoman embroidered silk square, possibly a mirror cover, with central tughra, or imperial monogram, 20 by 20 inches. View full sizeThe central design of the textile is known as a ...

Flowers and flower gardens were an important feature of the 16th century Ottoman elite and court culture. In the sultan’s palace, flowers embellished architectural tiles, opulent textiles and ...

Imagine the president of the United States in a floor-length kaftan made of the finest crimson silk, with golden orbs and tiger stripes brocaded into it with 18-karat thread. The outfit could stand ...

On view for the first time are 68 of the world's finest and most luxurious imperial Ottoman royal textiles from the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and ...

My home has long been a part of the Ottoman Empire. I was conquered years ago when I starting dreaming of all the ways I could use these small but mighty pieces of furniture in my home to add style ...