Lot 267 AN OTTOMAN SILK AND VELVET THREAD BROCADE ( KEHMA) FRAGMENT, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
Reference: ART3005258
A rectangular textile woven fragment, comprising three sections superbly and colourfully embroidered in satin stitch.
The red velvet central part embroidered in silk threads with roundels and cupsed cartouches enclosing Ottoman Arabic inscriptions in thuluth script and mirrored style, flanked on both sides with a cream coloured velvet bands embroidered with interlocked palmettes amongst floral leafy sprays.
109 by 60 cm.