AN OTTOMAN YELLOW SILK WRAPPING CLOTH BOCHA, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART300948

A cloth bohca of square form, elegantly and densely embroidered in silver threads with birds flying over flowers and foliage. The corners with classic scrolls of interlocking flowers and arabesque, all over a yellow silk ground. In Ottoman society, a bohca was used as a wrapping cloth. Some were used to wrap domestic items in and others were used as a travelling cushion. 190 by 170 cm.