Ogival lattice with horizontal design (1600–1650): Art, History and Details

Ogival lattice with horizontal design (1600–1650) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

There is a pomegranate design in each ogee (pointed arch) of this silk brocade fragment. The pomegranate is a small tree originating in Persia (today’s Iran) bearing fruit of deep red flesh filled with hundreds of seeds. The pomegranate has been revered as a symbol for health and fertility by many civilizations. In Islam the pomegranate is associated with paradise as described in the Qur’an.

Object facts

• Title: Ogival lattice with horizontal design
• Date: 1600–1650
• Culture: Turkey, Bursa
• Type: Textile
• Technique: Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave
• Dimensions: Average: 134.7 x 64.2 cm (53 1/16 x 25 1/4 in.)
• Collection: T - Islamic
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1916.1679

A detail from the museum

There is a pomegranate design in each ogee.

Collection credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade

Further reading listed by the museum

• Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.

View the collection record

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