Antique Ottoman

The border and field both draw on a diverse array of elements such as classical Near Eastern cloud-bands and traces of persianate vine-scroll and “harshang” design with an over-all n...

He was commissioned by Sir Robert Ainslie, the British ambassador to Constantinople, 1776–1792, then the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Mayer traveled widely in Palestine, Egypt, and...

This magnificent Oushak rug red color, measuring an impressive 455 × 309 cm, is a splendid example of Ottoman artistry and craftsmanship. The rug's rich, saturated colors and intrica...

This production that carried into the early twentieth century under late Ottoman Turkish rule in an area corresponding to modern Bulgaria and Romania, they stand right on the cusp of...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Atatürk. During Ottoman times, the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contra...

At the time the entire region was under the rule of the Ottoman Empire (Cyprus was conquered in 1571 from the Venetians).

The softly articulated medallion forms, gently dispersed motifs, and generous negative space draw from classical Anatolian and early Ottoman decorative traditions, while the intentio...

Modelled as a lady in Ottoman dress standing beneath an Eastern style pagoda with minaret.

In Roman times it was important as a garrison town on the eastern frontier, and the settlement came under Ottoman rule in the early fifteenth century. Considering the number of kilim...

Geographically, this area aligns with the historical dominion of the Ottoman Empire, a territory where the art of rug-making flourished.

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This area has been a major rug producer since the early Ottoman Empire and late 20th century. This rug employs earthy colors like soft tans, cinnamons, faded blues, and rusted ora...

Geographically, this area aligns with the historical dominion of the Ottoman Empire, a territory where the art of rug-making flourished.

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

Geographically, this area aligns with the historical dominion of the Ottoman Empire, a territory where the art of rug-making flourished.

Geographically, this area aligns with the historical dominion of the Ottoman Empire, a territory where the art of rug-making flourished.

Geographically, this area aligns with the historical dominion of the Ottoman Empire, a territory where the art of rug-making flourished.

Some of them date from the last decades of the 18th century, borrowing elements from much earlier Ottoman court designs, with fields of red or ivory.

The seats of both chairs recently reupholstered in Hermès ottoman fabric.

The lines of the polylobed arch are characteristic of Ottoman architecture, as well as the use of vegetal motifs decorated with interlacing, geometric or floral networks.

Geographically, this area aligns with the historical dominion of the Ottoman Empire, a territory where the art of rug-making flourished.

With tulips and carnations everywhere, this antique village rug is a direct descendant Ottoman Turkish weavings from the classical period.

The Mamluks originated as slave-soldiers, who served the Muslim caliphs and Ottoman Empire. With time, the Mamluks became a powerful military caste, and they managed to take control ...

Geographically, this area aligns with the historical dominion of the Ottoman Empire, a territory where the art of rug-making flourished.

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

Settlement began at an early date, but the town only gained prominence during the fifth century AD as a Byzantine fortress, which fell to the Arabs in the seventh century and was sub...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

Geographically, this area aligns with the historical dominion of the Ottoman Empire, a territory where the art of rug-making flourished.

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

Geographically, this area aligns with the historical dominion of the Ottoman Empire, a territory where the art of rug-making flourished.

He painted among others the Ottoman Empire ambassador to France in 1742, Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Efendi .

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

A harmonious blend of colors, motifs, and heritage, they offer a glimpse into the enchanting world of Ottoman-inspired artistry. One vase has a slight lean to it.

In Roman times it was important as a garrison town on the eastern frontier, and the settlement came under Ottoman rule in the early fifteenth century. Considering the number of kilim...

This region has been a major rug-producing area since the beginning of the Ottoman empire. These rugs are heavily influenced by Persian designs.

This festival is tolerated but has suffered government oppression since the time of Ataturk. During Ottoman times the dervishes were powerful, but Ataturk viewed the group as contrar...

Dedicated by Permission to His Excellency the Minister of the Ottoman Porte to his Britannic Majesty.' London, Published by Thomas M'Lean, Haymarket, (1818).

The fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the subsequent rise of the Ottoman Empire positioned Venice as the principal commercial ally of Istanbul, the new economic hub of the region.

Appearing probably in the 16th century, the Dallah is inseparable from the introduction of coffee into the Ottoman Empire. Its distinctive shape, however, could date back to the 17th...