THREE TOOLED AND GILT LEATHER BOOK BINDINGS AND SIX FLAPS
Iran and Ottoman Turkey, 15th - 16th century and later

Comprising three dark brown calf leather book bindings, each pair gilt and tooled with a central lobed arabesque medallion alternatively filled with floral bouquets and intertwined vegetal sprays with split palmettes and sinuous Chinese cloud bands, two pairs with gilt corners, replicating the same impressed decoration of the central cartouche, mounted, glazed and framed, the largest 23.5cm x 15cm excluding the frame, 36cm x 46cm including the frame; and six similar dark brown calf leather flaps, each one gilt and tooled, decorated with arabesque medallions, vegetal sprays, floral bouquets and fretwork bands around the margins, mounted, glazed and framed, 58.8cm x 42cm including the frame.

Provenance: Two of the book bindings bought at Christie's South Kensington, The Saeed Motamed Collection - Part 1, 22 April 2013, lot 168. The third bought at Christie's South Kensington, 9 October 2009, lot 410.