The tradition of keeping the clothes of the deceased sultans by bundling, which developed in the palace after the death of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, allows us to follow the embroidery of the Ottoman Empire Period from the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century, after a short gap in the 15th century, without breaking.

Ottoman sultans gave importance to clothing and wore kaftans sewn from luxurious fabrics. Their pursuit of quality has an important place in the development of weaving. The fabrics used for palace clothes and furnishings were woven in the workshops of the palace according to the patterns prepared by the fine painters. When these workshops were not enough, other workshops in Istanbul and Bursa were ordered. Silks were kept under control by the state, and every detail, from the number of warp threads to the dyeing, was checked for compliance with the principles.

Gorgeous garments were created with fabrics such as kemha (brocade), velvet, chama (a type of velvet), seraser (silk fabric woven with gold and silver alloy wire), diba, atlas, canfes, taffeta, vala, broadcloth, sof and shawl. The clothing collection of Topkapı Palace, numbering 1550, was created by hiding the other clothes of the deceased sultan. The sultan's clothes were kept in the treasury, as they were considered treasury items. It was a tradition to put the belongings of the deceased sultan, high-ranking civil servants and religious elders in his tomb, and the clothes collected from these tombs were also included in the collection in the Palace. The origin of some of the silk and cotton products in the Ottoman palace is India, Iran and Egypt.

The caftans, the costumes of the Ottoman Sultans, have a special place in the empire. The robes, which were given as gifts to reward those who performed an important task, were presented to the commanders with swords in the presence of the grand vizier as a sign of privilege.
The color, ribbon and buttons of the caftan, which was usually embroidered on the front and sleeves, also changed according to the rank of the person to be given and the service he received. While large patterns and few vibrant colors were used in the fabric in the 14th century, motifs became smaller and colors increased in the 15th century. After the second half of the 17th century, Selimiye fabrics are the most valuable of the lined and small patterned fabrics.