Turkish Ottoman embroidery on shot silk (196 x 140cm)

£ 600.00

196 x 140 cm  //  6ft 5" x 4ft 7"

The embroidery is done in a metal coiled yarn in a chain stitch technique possibly from the use of a tambour onto shimmering green silk From some non-decorative quilted sewing it appears to have been once used as a quilt presumably with a cotton down now absent. The embroidery is thus without a mount of lining. The silk base is comprising of approx 14 joined pieces of varying sizes to make the whole.

There is some light staining not really noticeable

• circa 1900

Price is ex VAT (£500 +VAT)

Ref. 15891


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