Interlocking medallions, often further embellished with floral or other patterns, were among the most popular designs in Turkey and related textile centers in Safavid Iran and Mughal India. Velvets, particularly those made in the city of Bursa, were used for furnishings in palaces and elite homes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The long, rectangular shape of this fragment suggests that it was most likely once part of a cushion for a bolster.
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