Antique embroidery fragment - possibly Anatolian Armenian (117 x117cm)

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117 x 117 cm  //  3ft 10" x3ft 10"

An unusual floss silk embroidery on handwoven unbleached cotton. Semi-professionally conserved utilising other parts of the cloth to patch the present remainder. Unfamiliar and difficult to identify  the cross stitch has common links with Gujarat and Anatolian Armenia.

• probably 19th C

Ref. 17642