Lot 144
144
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A FRAGMENT OF RED VOIDED VELVET

OTTOMAN OR ITALIAN, LATE 16TH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Details
A FRAGMENT OF RED VOIDED VELVET
OTTOMAN OR ITALIAN, LATE 16TH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
woven with voided tiger stripes and flame bursts
6in. x 8in. (15cm. x 20cm.)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

The combination of tiger stripe and flame is unusual. Compare the child's kaftan in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A744-1884) in which flames and sickle moons are woven in claret velvet on an ivory ground and the fragment of a pair of trousers inventory number 13/407 in the Topkapi Museum, Istanbul. This design has an Italianate feel to the composition of stripes and flames.

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