Lot 4
  • 4

An Ottoman silk embroidery fragment

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Silk
  • Stretcher: 100 by 64cm; 39ft. 3in., 25ft. 2in. Textile: 55 by 92cm; 1ft. 8in., 3ft.
the silk embroidery laid and couched on pale blue

Condition

Overall measurements; cm across the top, cm across the bottom, cm the left hand side, cm the right hand side. Textile approximately 55 by 92cm; Mounted on cotton. The silk ground fragile and with 'harp-stringing'. Now couched to backing. Dark browns replaced. Some spotting. Beautiful drawing.
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Catalogue Note

See Ellis, M. and Wearden, J., Ottoman Embroidery, V&A Publ., 2001, pls. 29 - 31 (pp. 56-58) and Taylor, R., Ottoman Embroidery,London, 1993, pp. 35, 92 & 112.