AN OTTOMAN SILK VELVET (CATMA) PANEL, BURSA CIRCA 1600

With repeated design of stylised carnations, growing from tulip shaped receptacle flanked by paired saz leaves, interspersed with pomegranate and hyacinth medallions, on pink velvet ground.
55 by 127 cm.

The fan-like carnations and tulip design of this velvet were popular motifs for Ottoman textiles and this panel was most likely woven for upholstery. For related examples see, Louise W. Mackie, The Splendor of Turkish Weaving, Washington, D.C.: The Textile Museum, 1973, no. 15; Christian Erber, A Wealth of Silk and Velvet, Bremen, 1993, pls. G10/1 and G10/2; Friedrich Spuhler, Islamic Carpets and Textiles in the Keir Collection, London 1978, no. 128, and for one sold at Sotheby's London, 24 April 2013, lot 267.