Lot 27
AN OTTOMAN SILK EMBROIDERED LADY'S LINEN HEADSCARF (CEVRE)
TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
£1,890
Auction: 11 December 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
of square form, the edges with wide borders embroidered in polychrome silk, gilt and metal threads comprising alternating designs of summer houses, arches, cypress trees, bunches of grapes and flowers, each corner with a further architectural design with a crescent finial within a garland frame
Dimensions
86cm x 84cm
Footnote
Simple floral decoration on these types of headscarves, napkins or sashes, is far more common. The inclusion of architectural and landscape designs is more unusual and thought to have been made for the Ottoman elite households. For a a similarly decorated panel in Washington's Textile Museum, see Sumru Belger Krody, Flowers of Silk & Gold, Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery, Washington, 2000, Figure 21, p. 63.
