AN OTTOMAN SILK AND LINEN BOLSTER COVER

A bolster cover, probably part of a set of bed furnishings in the same pattern. A perfect example of the alternating pattern style, a long-petalled tulip and a fringed carnation are connected with a small leaf; both flowers are filled with a stylised circular filling flower at the base and with small flowers and stripes in the petals. The border is called the mountain border, deriving from a Chinese original. Floss silk couching on linen. The brocade 39.00 CM x 159.00 CM, which is stitched on a linen surface total measurements are 46.00 CM x 165.00 CM.