OTTOMAN TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

The intricate design of this kemha includes many of the decorative elements familiar from other media: particularly striking are the electric-blue cloudbands in the ogival lattice. A red-ground example with an identical pattern to the present lot is in the collection of the Metropolitan Musuem of Art, New York (acc.no.12.49.7). The same design was also executed on a green ground, as with an example in the Musée Historique des Tissus, Lyons (acc.no.29.186). They belong to a group of kemhas with very similar lattice designs, indicating that patterns were frequently copied with slight variations (Nurhan Atasoy et al., Ipek: the Crescent and the Rose, London, 2001, p.213). A further example with this exact pattern was sold Sotheby's London, 6 October 2010, lot 328.