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Lot 180
  • 180

An embroidered quilt cover or curtain, Ottoman

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • silk, linen
  • Approximately 144 by 234cm.; 4ft. 8in., 7ft. 8in.
mounted, later glazed rectangular frame

Exhibited

Couleurs d'Orient, Brussels, 2010;
Turkophilia, Paris, 2011

Literature

Brussels 2010, pg.19.; 
Paris 2011, pg.56. 

Catalogue Note

For a cover, dated 16th/17th century, with a stylised repeat pattern of the `çintamani' motif, see Erber, Christian, A Wealth of Silk and Velvet, Bremen, 1993, no. G 10, pp.252-253., and another, late 16th/early 17th century with similar motif, see Gervers, Veronika, The Influence of Ottoman Turkish Textiles', Royal Ontario Museum, 1982, pg.116, fig.34, (Royal Ontario Museum -941.22.236).