AN EMBROIDERED BANJA LUKA OTTOMAN HANGING
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ottoman Balkans, 18th century

The light blue wool ground appliqued in coloured wool segments, and couched in metallic threads with a flowering vase flanked by a pair of columns supporting an elaborate arch, the vertical borders with flowering vases and horizontal ones with fruit dishes, the area between the twin arches in pale green velvet, the horizontal outer borders with red velvet ribbon loops, lined, 186cm x 114cm.