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2 fine susani,

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2 fine susani,
embroidered in Roumanian couched stitch with a border of large rosettes within multiple leaf circles, alternating with palmette flowers, the small field worked with a leaf lattice with rosette centres with spinning leaf motifs, Shakrhishabz, first half of the 19th century--227cm x 180cm
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Lot Essay

This group of susanis is represented in several important private and institutional collections, notably the McCoy Jones Collection in the United States. See also Hali..... for a discussion of this group and sale 24 October, 1998, Christie's South Kensington, lot 341.

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