A LARGE YELLOW SILK METAL THREAD-EMBROIDERED PANEL MADE FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET
Ottoman Turkey or Provinces, second half 19th century

A cover of yellow satin silk, chain-stitched in metallic gold thread and couched in metallic silver thread, with a central circular design of Westernised floral motifs, rosettes, tufts of green, vegetal festoons, the borders with stylised vegetal decorations surmounted by birds, a sinuous vegetal band running along the edges, mounted and stretched, 188cm x 141cm including the stretcher.