Cushion Cover of natural silk embroidered in red, rust, blue and turquoise in aster flowers, leaves, vines and saz leaves
- Title
- Cushion Cover of natural silk embroidered in red, rust, blue and turquoise in aster flowers, leaves, vines and saz leaves
- LC Subject
- textiles (visual works)
- Description
- Cushion Cover of natural silk embroidered in red, rust, blue and turquoise in aster flowers, leaves, vines and saz leaves; embroidered section is blocked by gold gimp; band of deep red velvet at one end; ball tassels on sides; red silk lining.
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition: Department Purchase
- Motif
- Aster flowers Saz leaves
- Work Type
- cushions
- Location
- Turkey
- Date
- 1701/1800
- Identifier
- 1947.004.005
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Velvet
- Technique
- Embroidery Jacquard
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- The cushion cover is 18th century, but some of the fabric used might be from the 16th century. Design features the aster flower, the sacred plant of the followers of zoroastrians (Iran) in the late 14th or early century, prior to Persian invasion. (Wiki) Purchased at Dalva Brothers, Inc.
