Cleveland Museum of Art

Ogival Lattice with Horizontal Design

Date

1600–1650

Medium

Silk and gilt-metal thread: lampas weave

Culture

Turkey, Bursa

Department

Textiles

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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