http://collection.shangrilahawaii.org/internal/media/dispatcher/16820/fullVoided Silk Brocade Çatma Panel with Floral Motifs17th century[]Silk velvetThis silk textile, or çatma, was woven in the first half of the 1700s in Bursa in present-day Turkey during the rule of the Ottoman empire. Its bold pattern is composed of rows of eight-lobed medallions containing rosebuds and delicate hyacinth stems. Its border is lined with medallions decorated with rosebuds and carnations. The çatma was probably created as a maq’ad, or “sitting cloth,” intended to cover the sedir, the main furnishing of an Ottoman household that was used as a seating area during the day and as a sleeping quarters at night.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@16b64.7700000000 Incheshttp://collection.shangrilahawaii.org/objects/5241/rdf