PROBABLY OTTOMAN BURSA, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

The lightly-drawn border is seen on many other Bursa velvets from this period, such as a fragmentary example published by Christian Erber (A Wealth of Silk and Velvet, Bremen, 1996, p.97, cat.no. G 2/3). The sparse design centred around floral quatrefoil motifs is similar to an example published by Nevber Gürsu (The Art of Turkish Weaving: Designs through the Ages, Istanbul, 1988, cat.no.102, p.106).