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Lot 119

A pair of Greek Islands silk embroidered linen Panels
Dodecanese, late 17th/ early 18th Century

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £6,875 inc. premium

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A pair of Greek Islands silk embroidered linen Panels
Dodecanese, late 17th/ early 18th Century

each tapering towards the top, embroidered in red and green silks with alternating columns of stylised angular floral sprays with thin bands of foliate motif in between, within a border of similar smaller floral sprays
each panel 275 cm. long

Footnotes

Provenance:
Christie's, Indian and Islamic Works of Art and Textiles, 11th April 2008, lot 567; where designated as "Property of a Descendant of Julius Drewe, Castle Drogo"; Julian Drewe, founder of Home and Colonial Stores, acquired this and the previous lot on his honeymoon on the Grand Tour in 1890.

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