Lot 28
AN OTTOMAN SILK EMBROIDERED LADY'S ROBE (ENTARI)
TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: £500 - £700
Auction: 11 December 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
the cream silk ground embroidered predominantly in purple and green with elegant repeat vertical panels of floral designs alternating with gilt vertical narrow strip panels, ornate gilt-metal braiding, the inside lined in silk
Dimensions
142cm long
Footnote
For further examples of Ottoman ladies' robes from the 18th and 19th centuries in the Sadberk Hanim Museum, see L. Gorunur, Women's Costume of the Late Ottoman Era, Istanbul, 2010; and in the Topkapi Museum, see Exhibition Catalogue, Sandiklarda Sakai Saray Yasami, Istanbul, 2006, pp. 46-51.
For a very similar example sold at auction, see Christie's, Art and Textiles of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including works from the late Simon Digby, 7 October 2011, lot 495.
