A SILK EMBROIDERED TEXTILE (BOHÇA)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

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A SILK EMBROIDERED TEXTILE (BOHÇA)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
The plainwoven linen ground embroidered in blue and red silks with animated diagonal bands of red tulips and blue artichoke palmettes each growing from a pink rosette with metal thread roundel to centre, the interstices with smaller flowerheads and leaves, minor areas of loss, some of the metal thread restored, mounted
51 1/8 x 43¼in. (130.2 x 110cm.)

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Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse

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According to Hulya Bilgi the 18th century saw the introduction of gold and silver wire to further embellish silk embroideries such as our present panel (Hülya Bilgi and Idil Zanbak, Ottoman Embroideries in the Sadberk Hanim Museum Collection. Skill of the Hand, Delight of the Eye, exhibition catalogue, Istanbul, 2012, p.26). For a further discussion on the large tulip and artichoke motifs see the following lot.

OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY

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