Name of Object:

Yıldız Tile Imperial Factory

Location:

Istanbul, Türkiye

Holding Institution:

Istanbul University, Nadir Eserler Kütüphanesi (Rare Books Library)

 About Ministry of Culture and Tourism (General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums), Istanbul

Date of Object:

Beginning of 1890s

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Photograph

Provenance:

Istanbul

Description:

The Yıldız Tile Imperial Factory was founded by Sultan Abdülhamid II (1876-1909) in the early 1890’s in the garden of Yıldız Palace for the purposes of arousing, reshaping and stimulating the Turkish tiling art. The factory, which began manufacturing immediately, was damaged in the earthquake of 1894 and in the same year, it was nearly reconstructed by Italian Architect Raimondo d’Aronco.

Type of Object

Photograph

Citation of this web page:

"Yıldız Tile Imperial Factory" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tr;157;en

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MWNF Working Number: TR2 153