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An Ottoman silk and metal thread-embroidered wool barber's apron Turkey, second half of the 18th Century image 1
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Lot 133

An Ottoman silk and metal thread-embroidered wool barber's apron
Turkey, second half of the 18th Century

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Ottoman silk and metal thread-embroidered wool barber's apron
Turkey, second half of the 18th Century

of rectangular form with opening for neck to top, the red wool ground profusely embroidered in polychrome silks and white metal strips with an interlace of large peonies and other flowers, the border with a floral vine, silk backing
183 x 118 cm.

Footnotes

For a comparable apron with a design of large peonies in the Sadberk Hanim Museum see Hulya Bilgi and Idil Zanbak, Skill of the Hand, delight of the eye, Istanbul 2012, pp. 130-133, no. 33.

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