Iznik Garden Cotton Kaftan

Gift her an artful women’s cotton kaftan.

The lush motif on this 100% cotton kaftan is plucked from a remarkable Turkish dish (ca. 1575–90) in the Museum’s Islamic art collection. Forged in the renowned Iznik kilns—illustrious workshops that produced magnificent ceramic wares for the Ottoman court—the dish is adorned with colorful carnations, tulips, and hyacinths, as well as two small birds subtly perched amid the tangle. These flowers, sometimes in combination with birds, were pervasive decorative elements on 16th- and 17th-century Iznik creations.