A METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED WHITE FELT HANGING AND A...
A METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED WHITE FELT HANGING AND A BLUE SATIN SILK PANEL
Ottoman Turkey, first half 20th century
Comprising a sufi hanging of fine white felt, couched in metallic threads wound around a cotton core on cut-out cardboard, with a bold and elaborate symmetrical design of a lantern suspended from an arch above a pair of columns, beneath a flowering bush, the hanging edged with a fringe of metallic thread wound around a cotton core, 152cm x 91cm excluding fringe; and a panel of blue satin silk, possibly from a bed cover, the panel couched in white metallic thread wound around a cotton core with a quatrain in Osmanli Turkish referring to Rodolfo Sciuffi, dated 1349 AH and 1931 AD and mentioning the rising Fascist Party in Italy, the top left and lower right of the panel couched in pink and green silks with a rose each, backed with natural cotton, 46cm x 72cm.
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A METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED WHITE FELT HANGING AND A BLUE SATIN SILK PANEL
Ottoman Turkey, first half 20th century
Comprising a sufi hanging of fine white felt, couched in metallic threads wound around a cotton core on cut-out cardboard, with a bold and elaborate symmetrical design of a lantern suspended from an arch above a pair of columns, beneath a flowering bush, the hanging edged with a fringe of metallic thread wound around a cotton core, 152cm x 91cm excluding fringe; and a panel of blue satin silk, possibly from a bed cover, the panel couched in white metallic thread wound around a cotton core with a quatrain in Osmanli Turkish referring to Rodolfo Sciuffi, dated 1349 AH and 1931 AD and mentioning the rising Fascist Party in Italy, the top left and lower right of the panel couched in pink and green silks with a rose each, backed with natural cotton, 46cm x 72cm.
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