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Greek Island Dodecanese Embroiderey Circa 1700 ( 118 X 109 Cm ) Embroidery
Greek Island Dodecanese Embroiderey Circa 1700 ( 118 X 109 Cm ) Embroidery
Greek Island Dodecanese Embroiderey Circa 1700 ( 118 X 109 Cm ) Embroidery
Greek Island Dodecanese Embroidery Circa 1700 (118 X 109Cm)
Greek Island Dodecanese Embroiderey Circa 1700 ( 118 X 109 Cm ) Embroidery
Greek Island Dodecanese Embroiderey Circa 1700 ( 118 X 109 Cm ) Embroidery
Greek Island Dodecanese Embroidery Circa 1700 (118 X 109Cm)

Greek Island Dodecanese embroidery (118 x 109cm)

£ 900.00

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188 x 109 cm  //  3ft 10" x 3ft 5"

A square silk embroidery done on linen from Dodecanese Islands circa 1700. Now a fragment but once almost certainly part of a wedding tent. Now inter-set with cotton crochet work probably not original. The fine silk work depicts fabulous mythological animals and a pairs of opposed birds known from Sogdian and Byzantium silks. A Venetian legacy is also discernible since Venice still held some sway from around this time. 

c.f. Ashmolean Museum Oxford EA1978.101 presented by john Buxton 1978

• circa 1700

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