A LARGE SILVER-THREAD EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL (ÇATMA)
A LARGE SILVER-THREAD EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL (ÇATMA)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

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A LARGE SILVER-THREAD EMBROIDERED VELVET PANEL (ÇATMA)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, two panels joined together along the middle, with repeated design of palm trees reserved against light red velvet ground, each in an almond-shaped medallion bordered with bands with rosettes, the borders with large composite flowers between confronted tulips, very little silver-thread remaining, worn
58 x 48in. (147.5 x 122cm.)

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Lot Essay

A fragmentary panel from a çatma of identical design is in the Düsseldorf Museum of Art (no. 8771, Christian Erber, Reich an Samt und Seide, Bremen, 1993, p. 168-9).

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