A VOIDED SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD PANEL
A VOIDED SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD PANEL
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A VOIDED SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD PANEL

PROBABLY OTTOMAN BURSA, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

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A VOIDED SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD PANEL
PROBABLY OTTOMAN BURSA, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
The red and green velvet ground decorated with an overall design of cusped medallions containing a radiating stellar motif, the points terminating with chrysanthemums and tulip buds, smaller flowerheads in the interstices, some restoration
41 ¾ x 26 ¾in. (106 x 68cm.)
Provenance
Paul Ispenian, Cairo and Paris, circa 1900, and thence by descent
Private Collection, early 1970s
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Please note that the dimensions of the current lot should read 41 ¾ x 26 ¾in. (106 x 68cm.) and not as they appear in the printed catalogue.

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Lot Essay

A similar textile, which was donated to a monastery in 1652 by Alexei Ivanovich Shein (d.1700), a courtier during the reigns of Tsar Fyodor III, Tsarevna Sophia and Peter the Great, is illustrated in Nurhan Atasoy, Walter B. Denny, Louise Mackie, and Hülya
Tezcan, IPEK. The Crescent & the Rose: Imperial Ottoman Silks and Velvets, 2001, p.248, no.48. Another is in the Kestner-Museum in Hannover, catalogued there as 16th/17th century (Christian Erber (ed.), A Wealth of Silk and Velvet, Bremen, 1993, pp.102-3). The pattern was a popular one amongst 17th century Bursa velvets. Atasoy et al suggest that this is due to the fact that the vertical and horizontal symmetry inherent in the design, allowed for a relatively simple programmed repeat which could be adapted to a wide variety of functions.

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