173 - A rare Ottoman silk and metal-thread embroidered linen tablecloth

A rare Ottoman silk and metal-thread embroidered linen tablecloth Ottoman empire, early 18th century of circular form, the natural linen ground embroidered in metal thread and polychrome silks with a central roundel containing a flowerhead surrounded by a band of alternating trees and pomegranates, surrounded by four concentric bands containing repeat designs of floral sprays interspersed by floral motifs, the borders with undulating vines, the edge with tassels 188 cm. diam. Provenance Private French Collection. Published Turquie au nom de la Tulipe, Exhibition Catalogue, Centre Culturel de Boulogne-Bilancour, 1993, p. 109, no. 73. For a similar tablecloth in the Sadberk Hanim Museum see Asirlar sonra bir arada, Istanbul, 2005, no. 97. Provenance Private French Collection. Published Turquie au nom de la Tulipe, Exhibition Catalogue, Centre Culturel de Boulogne-Bilancour, 1993, p. 109, no. 73. For a similar tablecloth in the Sadberk Hanim Museum see Asirlar sonra bir arada, Istanbul, 2005, no. 97.