A SILK DAMASK WOVEN PANEL, EUROPEAN, PROBABLY ITALY, FOR THE OTTOMAN MARKET, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY |

woven in light green and golden yellow on a red ground with a vertical row of large tulips emanating from stylised pomegranates which in turn stem from a fountain, bird and quadruped motifs in between, mounted on silk covered canvas

The textile bright, upper left-hand corner torn and re-stitched, in two sections joined together horizontally, the edges unevenly cut, vertical tears and associated consolidation, wear generally as consistent with age, set onto modern silk-covered canvas, as viewed.
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For further information on the trade and exchange of Italian and Ottoman textiles in the seventeenth century, see M.Iida, 'Florentine Textiles for the Ottoman Empire in the Seventeenth Century' in Mediterranean world, 21: 179-196, May 2012.