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An Ottoman voided silk velvet and metal-thread (çatma) panel, Bursa or Istanbul, Turkey,
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- An Ottoman voided silk velvet and metal-thread (çatma) panel
- approximately 139 by 121cm., 4ft. 7in. by 4ft.
the voided ground with patterning in crimson velvet, with stacked rows of twelve-lobed stars each with a metal thread central flowerhead, the border of concentric stars
Catalogue Note
For a panel of identical design, in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, inv.no.8356, please see Raby, Julian and Effeny, Alison (eds.), Ipek, The Crescent and the Rose, Imperial Ottoman Silks and Velvets, Istanbul, 2001, fig.352, p.319.