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A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said. ... the storage area of an Ottoman-styled ‘gas-lift ...
One such motif that was popular throughout the history of Ottoman art is the rumî style, whose existence predates the Ottomans and which consists of scrolling, spiraling, and/or intertwining stems with stylized leaves. [237]
A divan (Turkish divan, Hindi deevaan originally from Kurdish [1] devan) is a piece of couch-like sitting furniture or, in some regions, a box-spring-based bed. Primarily, in the Middle East (especially the Ottoman Empire ), a divan was a long seat formed of a mattress laid against the side of the room, upon the floor, or a raised structure or ...
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Mosque of Mahmud Pasha in Cairo (1568), largely Mamluk in style but with an Ottoman-type minaret. The funerary mosque of Amir Khayrbak in Cairo was completed in 1521 and was thus the first monument of elite patronage completed during the Ottoman period, but it was begun in 1502 (prior to the Ottoman conquest) and its style is entirely Mamluk. [13]
Art Nouveau decoration was applied to a wide variety of materials including stone, wood, stucco, and iron. Reflecting the continued eclecticism of the 19th century, they were also mixed with other styles such as neo-Baroque, neo-Ottoman, and Empire, such that Art Nouveau buildings were not always distinguishable from other genres. [127]
In an Ottoman context, the term “Baroque” is sometimes applied more widely to Ottoman art and architecture across the 18th century including the Tulip Period. [3] [4] In more specific terms, however, the period after the 17th century is marked by several different styles.
Another floriate style that appeared in Ottoman decoration from the 15th century onward is hatayî, [c] which consists in large part of peonies and leaves shown in varying stages of budding and blooming. This style had its origins further east in China or Turkestan and it appeared in Islamic art from the 13th century onward. [73]