TWO EMBROIDERED BED CURTAIN PANELS
TWO EMBROIDERED BED CURTAIN PANELS

SKYROS, GREECE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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TWO EMBROIDERED BED CURTAIN PANELS
SKYROS, GREECE, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Embroidered with repeating and rising ochre palmettes, joined together
170in. (432cm.) long

Lot Essay

Bed curtains with similar repeating patterns although attributed to Patmos and dated 17th century are illustrated in Krody, S. B., Embroideries of the Greek Islands, Harpies, Mermaids and Tulips, London, 2006, cat. 2.14, p. 53.

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