Lot 178
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A SILK AND METAL-THREAD VELVET PANEL
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD VELVET PANEL

OTTOMAN BURSA, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

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A SILK AND METAL-THREAD VELVET PANEL
OTTOMAN BURSA, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
The rectangular panel composed of two loom widths joined at the centre, the border with large rosettes separated by addorsed carnations, the field with a lattice containing palms issuing from a small tulip, a horizontal repair across the centre where the panel has been slightly reduced
64½ x 49in. (163.8 x 124.5cm.)

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Lot Essay

A velvet with an identical design and border is in the collection of the State Historical Museum in Moscow and is dated by Nurhan Atasoy to the mid-17th century (Nurhan Atasoy, Walter B. Denny, Louise W. Mackie and Hülya Tezcan, Ipek, The Crescent and the Rose, Imperial Ottoman Silks and Velvets, London and Istanbul, 2001, figs.315-16, p.307).

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