Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

TURKEY
Fragment
16 th Century
Ottoman
Silk and metal thread, lampas weave.
14 x 13 cm 5½ x 5 in
Rare early Ottoman silk. The realistic rendering
of the roses is thought to be an early image of many
later stylizations. Probably woven during the reign
of Suleyman the Magnificent.
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