AN EMBROIDERED FIGURAL TEXTILE PANEL

SKYROS, SPORADES ISLANDS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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AN EMBROIDERED FIGURAL TEXTILE PANEL
SKYROS, SPORADES ISLANDS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The linen ground embroidered in silk with two rows of bold figures holding swords, crosses and musical instruments between stylised floral sprays, some staining
29 5/8 x 20 7/8in. (75.4 x 53.1cm.)

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Lot Essay

The sword-brandishing figures and the grotesque harpies seen on our textile relate directly to examples attributed to Skyros and dated to the 18th century published in Krody, 2008, cat. 4.1, 4.3 and 4.8, pp. 84, 86 and 89.
A Skyros panel with a central figure like the ones seen on this lot was sold at Christie’s London, 26 October 2017, lot 224.

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