Textile

NEP9

From: Near East

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number NEP9
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Turkish
Provenience Near East
Period 17th Century
Date Made 1600-1699 CE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Velvet
Technique Brocade
Description

Velvet, serpentine pattern enclosing conventional floral motive, red, green and gold. The green is a yellow-green and is inside the medal. Motives on the gold so effect is of gold on a scarlet background like NEP2

Length 60.96 cm
Width 147.32 cm
Credit Line Purchased from H. Kevorkian, 1917

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