Wall Tiles (1600s): Art, History and Details

Wall Tiles (1600s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

These four square tiles are each adorned with a floral spray of tulips, carnations, and a large hybrid palmette, set inside a twelve-lobed circular medallion. It is surrounded by an eight-pointed star made of pairs of wavy lines. Where the four tiles are joined, another complete medallion with a floral motif and a cobalt blue center is formed.

Object facts

• Title: Wall Tiles
• Date: 1600s
• Culture: Turkey (Iznik), Ottoman Period
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: fritware with underglaze-painted design
• Collection: Islamic Art
• Department: Islamic Art
• Accession number: 1915.651

A detail from the museum

Iznik was the town which manufactured tiles for imperial buildings of the Ottoman sultans.

Collection credit

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

View the collection record

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