Art Nouveau Yıldız Porcelains Exhibited at Ankara Ethnography Museum Collection

Yıldız Çini Fabrika-i Hümayunu (Yıldız Imperial Porcelain Factory) was established on the orders of Sultan Abdulhamid II at the beginning of the 1890s in the Yıldız Palace garden. While this was an important step in the history of Ottoman industry it also created a prestige against western societies.\udFrom the date the production was started in 1894 until it was closed in 1909, unique works of the Ottoman modernization era have been produced at Yıldız Çini Fabrika-i Hümayunu (Yıldız Imperial Porcelain Factory). The porcelain objects produced under the influence of the Art Nouveau movement in Europe within this 15 years period, especially in the second half of the 19th century,are quite remarkable. These works have been distributed among various museums and collections and a group of them are exhibited at the Ankara Ethnography Museum’s Porcelain Collection. In this research, Art Nouveau works in this museum’s collection are examined and evaluated