Sevi Kocak
Revzen-i Menkuş, Prince's Chamber, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
Since the sheet glass wasn't available before the 18th century, different types of windows had to be used for providing light to interiors and providing view of the outside. Shuttered windows placed at a level where the sitting person could see outside. Upper windows, which formed a second row above the shuttered windows only provided light.
Upper windows are made of plaster of Paris, which is poured into a mold. To make a mold, the craftsman draws the pattern on a wooden bench which will become the integral part of the finished window.
Then, potter's clay pieces are topped with colored glass pieces for the pattern.
The colored glass pieces are different from the stained glass windows' painted glass pieces and this small difference makes Revzen-i Menkuş more vivid, while stained glass windows are usually gloomy.
Revzen-i Menkuş, Prince's Chamber, Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Turkey
Since the sheet glass wasn't available before the 18th century, different types of windows had to be used for providing light to interiors and providing view of the outside. Shuttered windows placed at a level where the sitting person could see outside. Upper windows, which formed a second row above the shuttered windows only provided light.
Upper windows are made of plaster of Paris, which is poured into a mold. To make a mold, the craftsman draws the pattern on a wooden bench which will become the integral part of the finished window.
Then, potter's clay pieces are topped with colored glass pieces for the pattern.
The colored glass pieces are different from the stained glass windows' painted glass pieces and this small difference makes Revzen-i Menkuş more vivid, while stained glass windows are usually gloomy.