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Lot Essay
For a velvet of related design see The Art of Turkish Weaving, Nevber Gursu, page 140, no. 167.
Details
A velvet hanging in two panels
woven with a striated crimson silk pile and voided with a field and borders of large-scale carnation flower-heads arranged in staggered rows, with saz-style leaves and artichoke palmettes between, Ottoman, late 17th century, (worn)--63cm x 162cm each panel
See Colour Plate 7 (2)
woven with a striated crimson silk pile and voided with a field and borders of large-scale carnation flower-heads arranged in staggered rows, with saz-style leaves and artichoke palmettes between, Ottoman, late 17th century, (worn)--63cm x 162cm each panel
See Colour Plate 7 (2)
Special notice
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