A joined panel of fine embroidered linen, worked in silks in double running and compound double running stitches with couched metal thread details, with a delicate leafy vine lattice of alternating salmon pink rosette flowers and pale greenish-blue palmettes, Ottoman, possibly late 17th century (composed of six panels, damages)--64½in. x 30¼in. (164cm x 76.5cm), mounted on a board

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A joined panel of fine embroidered linen, worked in silks in double running and compound double running stitches with couched metal thread details, with a delicate leafy vine lattice of alternating salmon pink rosette flowers and pale greenish-blue palmettes, Ottoman, possibly late 17th century (composed of six panels, damages)--64½in. x 30¼in. (164cm x 76.5cm), mounted on a board

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Other examples of this group of embroideries are held by the Victoria and Albert Museum and are illustrated in Turkish Embroidery, Pauline Johnstone, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985, cat. 37 and 38, colour plates 13 and 14

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