Description
GRAND CARRÉ AUX RUBANS DORÉS
OTTOMAN EMPIRE, TURKEY OR GREECE, 19th CENTURY Cotton stamen finely embroidered on both sides with gold metallic threads and polychrome silk threads. Wide border of a long scroll of openwork ribbons and flowering stems. Scalloped braid at the edge. Good condition, a few small darned snags and small stains. A LARGE SQUARED EMBROIDERY WITH GOLDEN RIBBONS, OTTOMAN, TURKEY OR GREECE, 19TH CENTURY. Size : 100 x 99 cm. See Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden, Ottoman Embroidery, V&A Publications London, 2001, pl. 49-55 for similar long embroidered belts. Expert : L.S.
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