AN OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED GILT METAL-THREAD TEXTILE, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3001303

An embroidered gilt metal thread textile, embroidered on a dark silk ground with two lines of large gilt thuluth script, a lobed medallion and further band of text above and below, with suspension loops. Sultan Mahmud II ( r. 1808-1839) 70 by 83 cm.