Lot Essay
This embroidery is said to have belonged to the Royal Family, although no documentary proof for this is available.
Details
A Termeh cover of red wool,
woven with a lattice of boteh and flowers, embroidered with a gilt basket of lilac worked in seed pearls and metal thread, the corners with lilac sprays, Kirman, second half of the 19th century--97cm x 71cm See Colour Plate 9
woven with a lattice of boteh and flowers, embroidered with a gilt basket of lilac worked in seed pearls and metal thread, the corners with lilac sprays, Kirman, second half of the 19th century--97cm x 71cm See Colour Plate 9