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Description: An Ottoman silk and metallic thread-embroidered black-ground curtain
circa 1813
Bearing the tughra of Sultan Mahmud II (r. 1808-1839), dated AH1228.
With two arches supported by solomonic columns, enclosing various Arabic inscriptions on the black ground and applied moss-green, golden brown and red panels, below four further applied inscribed cartouches, all within elaborate scrollwork, densely worked in silver and golden metallic threads, within a red-ground border.
Approximately H: 104 in., 264cm; W: 66 in., 167.5cm
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, New York state
Acquired from the above by the present owner.