Antique Ottoman Voided Silk Velvet Pillow Yastik: 18th Century Turkey textiles London has looked at images

London has looked at images of this and states that the design is after objects with a royal association

From a collection of traditional Folk costume a hand painted chintz babies bonnets from Marken

often appearing in elegant strapwork

Dating from the 18th century a long crimson silk damask pelmet or bed hanging from Italy

This gorgeous bedcover would suit both modern or more traditional interiors

Antique Ottoman Voided Silk Velvet Pillow Yastik: 18th Century Turkey textiles London has looked at imagesItem Details: This is a beautiful voided silk velvet mat yastik cushion cover, made in the Ottoman Empire during the 18th century (if not earlier) Bursa or Istanbul. With gorgeous natural vegetable dyes in a stunning colours combination of indigo blue with magenta pink. Featuring patterns and symbols of fertility, with grape vines suggesting that it was perhaps intended as a wedding gift. There is a very similar example in the Minneapolis Institute of