Property from the Private Collection of Neville Kingston (1955-2019) Lots 96-101 An Ottoman silk embroidered linen textile panel (bocha), Turkey, 18th century, with alternating palmettes and rust red tulips with small leaf and flower motifs...

Property from the Private Collection of Neville Kingston (1955-2019) Lots 96-101

An Ottoman silk embroidered linen textile panel (bocha), Turkey, 18th century, with alternating palmettes and rust red tulips with small leaf and flower motifs scattered between, the borders similarly worked, with modern cream linen backing, 108 x 102cm.

Provenance: Private Collection of Neville Kingston (1955-2019). Kingston was known for his collections of Central Asian carpets and textile but like most collectors, his interests were far ranging, and not just confined to Central Asia. His fascination with shapes and motifs, coupled with embroidery, lead to him collecting textiles from Eastern Europe to China and Japan.

Neville was born in Dublin and studied as a veterinary surgeon at Trinity College, Dublin. After qualifying, and a short period managing polo ponies in Chippenham, he moved to East Yorkshire where he spent the next 35 years in practise, specialising in pigs. The veterinary group had an international reputation and Neville travelled extensively, always taking the opportunity to widen his textile knowledge. Over the years he fastidiously attended auctions and sales, searching out unusual Turkmen weavings. He travelled extensively in Central Asia in the late 1990s and was a frequent visitor to Istanbul, where he sought out unusual embroideries and carpets which would extend his knowledge of textile art.
some restoration, ground distressed and re-backed