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AN AUBUSSON-STYLE FIGURAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT WITH A TURK'S HEAD Possibly Aubusson or Felletin, France, 18th century Of rectangular shape, woven in polychrome wool threads, portraying the profile of a Turkish ruler, ambassador, or member of the courtly elite, characterised by a light brown beard on his chin, wearing a sumptuous, opulent, gem-encrusted headdress with a multifolded ochre yellow turban cloth around the base, with gem-studded epaulets on his shoulders, the fragment once part of a much larger figural panel possibly depicting a diplomatic encounter or historical event, the trimmed edges re-lined in cobalt blue wool with the date 1944 and the initials 'MD', mounted on a gilt, plastered, and mirror-inlaid wooden frame, 57.5cm x 49.5cm including the frame.
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AN AUBUSSON-STYLE FIGURAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT WITH A TURK'S HEAD Possibly Aubusson or Felletin, France, 18th century Of rectangular shape, woven in polychrome wool threads, portraying the profile of a Turkish ruler, ambassador, or member of the courtly elite, characterised by a light brown beard on his chin, wearing a sumptuous, opulent, gem-encrusted headdress with a multifolded ochre yellow turban cloth around the base, with gem-studded epaulets on his shoulders, the fragment once part of a much larger figural panel possibly depicting a diplomatic encounter or historical event, the trimmed edges re-lined in cobalt blue wool with the date 1944 and the initials 'MD', mounted on a gilt, plastered, and mirror-inlaid wooden frame, 57.5cm x 49.5cm including the frame.
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