AN OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED PANEL, TURKEY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY |

embroidered in red, green, light blue, mauve, cream on yellow ground, the pattern with regular repetitions of the main design of scrolling vertical trail lattice, with detailed and individual floral elements within the medallions, further foliate motifs and trails within the lattice, mounted on later stretcher

Yellow satin ground with some abrasions throughout and some scattered areas of surface darning. Slight colour run from black into the yellow ground. Old repaired fold line across the centre (horizontal across centre of catalogue photograph). Design is intergrated. There are minor repairs and additional couching in design. Good quality embroidery, couched and laid stitch silk embroidery. Later mounted onto burgundy textile with Velcro on a wooden stretcher, as viewed.
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