Lot 135
135
An embroidered linen border fragment, worked in silks in shades of blue, russet, green and ivory in herringbone stitch with crescent shaped leafy fronds and branches of white flowers, with a variety of pinwheel and palmette flowers scattered between--80 x 13in. (102 x 33cm.), Epirus, Yannina, 18th century, some wear, black silks corroded
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An embroidered linen border fragment, worked in silks in shades of blue, russet, green and ivory in herringbone stitch with crescent shaped leafy fronds and branches of white flowers, with a variety of pinwheel and palmette flowers scattered between--80 x 13in. (102 x 33cm.), Epirus, Yannina, 18th century, some wear, black silks corroded

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An embroidered linen border fragment, worked in silks in shades of blue, russet, green and ivory in herringbone stitch with crescent shaped leafy fronds and branches of white flowers, with a variety of pinwheel and palmette flowers scattered between--80 x 13in. (102 x 33cm.), Epirus, Yannina, 18th century, some wear, black silks corroded
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

See Mediterranean and Near Eastern Embroideries, A.B.J. Wace, London, 1935, cat. no. 15, volume II, page 49 and plate XXII for a cover composed of very similar borders

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