"Jameel Gallery\n\nVelvet with Tulips\nTurkey, probably Bursa\n1550-1600 \n\nThis striking velvet has a design of large, stylised tulips with smaller tulips, carnations, hyacinths and other flowers superimposed on the petals. While the arrangement in staggered rows is common in textiles, the floral motifs were popular in all forms of Ottoman art from about 1550. \n\nSilk velvet with metal-wrapped thread\n\nMuseum no. 1061-1900, Given by Dudley B. Myers, Esq. [2006-2012]"@en . . . .