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.
