£ 144.00
96 x 94 cm // 3ft 2" x 3ft 1"
'Aghabani' is the name given to Levantine / Syrian silk embroideries. The name purportedly from two Aleppo families said to have started this type of work, Al-Agha and Al-Bani. Worked in yellow silk chain stitch on a fine lightweight silk ground following an ink drawing. From another piece it was possible to read in badly written Arabic script the word ﺣَﻠَﺐ 'Haleb' (Aleppo) proving attribution.
Lined with a cream cotton twill sheen finish
• 1920s (French colonial Syria)
Ref. 16880
