A FINE AND UNUSUAL GREEK EMBROIDERED PANEL
Possibly Ioannina, Epirus, Ottoman Greece, late 18th century

Of rectangular shape, the plain weave of unbleached linen with top and bottom borders tightly worked in indigo, red, and green silks, and couched in white and yellow metallic threads wound around a silk core with three rows of geometric grids in-filled with stylised flowers, each first row with drawn threadwork resembling slit tapestry, a single selvedge present, the edges rolled, 51cm x 76cm.