19th Century Ottoman Pillow Cushion Gold Metallic Thread Embroidered Silk Textile Tassels Down Filled

Description

Large 19th century Ottoman Cushion / pillow
Finest quality Ottoman cushion opulent hand crafted silk and metal thread embroidery.
Finished … more Large 19th century Ottoman Cushion / pillow
Finest quality Ottoman cushion opulent hand crafted silk and metal thread embroidery.
Finished with 4 silver color assels
Cushion with a rich, colorful and luxurious silver and gold appearance.
Made of genuine silk and gold and silver thread metal embroidery
The gold and silver colors makes the cushion a feast for the eyes.
A lozenge figure with is the center a floral composition flanked on 2 sides by union or tullipe figures. Bordered with a band of arabian text.

Origin:18th century Ottoman Empire Turkey Osmanian Empire
Condition: good with as might expected some embroidery lost but not disturbing
The back and filling are of a latter date, down filled.
Finely fabulous cushion highly decorative Ottoman fully hand crafted work of art.
Also perfect to be framed as wall hanging textile art for an oriental touch.

Width 31.5in - 80cm
Height 15.in 38cm
Depth 4.7in - 12cm

The Ottoman Empire was named for Osman Gazi the Turkish form of the Arabic name Uthmān, a Muslim prince in Bithynia who conquered neighbouring and founded his own ruling line c. 1300.

In 1453, the city of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine empire, was captured by the Ottoman sultan Mehmet II.
Constantinople remained the Ottoman capital until 1923.

Ottoman cultural, political, and economic power reached its zenith during the 16th century. It took control of parts of Persia, most of Arabia, and large sections of Hungary and the Balkans. By the early 16th century the Ottomans had also defeated the Mamlūk dynasty in Syria and Egypt; and their navy under Barbarossa soon seized control of much of the Barbary Coast.

By the eighteenth century the vast Ottoman empire started to decline. By the nineteenth century, many of its territories in North Africa, Europe, and West Asia were lost.
The Ottoman period spanned more than 600 years and came to an end only in 1922.
In 1923 the Ottoman state was replaced by the modern Turkish Republic, established by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk who serves as its first president. less