AN OTTOMAN SILK EMBROIDERED LINEN WRAPPING CLOTH (BOHCA)
TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
of square form, the cream linen ground embroidered in polychrome silk threads depicting floral motifs, with further repeat floral motifs around the border, backed, on stretcher
Dimensions
123cm x 128cm
Provenance
Private UK collection.
Footnote
For further examples of Ottoman Bohcas dating to the 18th century in The Textile Museum, Washington, see S. B. Krody, Flowers of Silk & Gold, Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery, p. 120, nos. 20 and 21.