Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs & Carpets
A VOIDED SILK VELVET METAL-THREAD (CATMA) PANEL WITH LOTUS BLOSSOMS, ITALY, 16TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A VOIDED SILK VELVET METAL-THREAD (CATMA) PANEL WITH LOTUS BLOSSOMS, ITALY, 16TH CENTURY
metal threads on a silk cream ground, dark purplish red voided velvet details and ground, with ogival leafy lattice combined with composite lotus blossoms, mounted
185 by 64.5cm.
Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
Michael Goedhuis Ltd., Colnaghi Oriental, London, 18 February 1985.
Ex-collection Rothschild
This magnificent textile panel which at first seems Ottoman, actually belongs to a group of Italian silks made for the Ottoman court (Atasoy 2001, p.187, fig.45). Rather than copying a known Turkish model, this may be what is referred to as an 'adaptation' with elements such as the saz leaves with serrated examples and composite palmettes (ibid). A length of this brocaded fabric in the Musee Historique des Tissus, Lyons, inv.no.29.777, attributed to sixteenth century Italy.