An Ottoman embroidered Barber's Apron (berber futasi), Istanbul, Turkey,

the unusual green silk ground embroidered with polychrome silk and metal threads with a vertical pattern comprising  tents and trees, set within a border of small, individual leaves, the neck opening embroidered with a combination of the tree and tent motifs

Green in real life is slightly less grassy green, more jade; watermarking as visible in illustration; losses to metal thread of tree trunks and to background of tents on the collar decoration; a very few small couched splits; very unusual design and colouring
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Elaborately embroidered aprons such as this would normally have been part of a suite of embroideries, that included a cloth to drape over the back and several hand towels; these were called the tras takim and were used for the shaving ritual of the Sultan, or those who imitated his example.

For comparables please see Rogers, J.M. et al, Topkapi, Costumes, London, 1986, pls.107 and 117 and for comparable images with discussion Taylor, R., Ottoman Embroidery. London, 1993, pp. 106 and 108.