An Ottoman voided silk velvet and metal-thread textile panel, with cintamani and tiger-stripe design
An Ottoman voided silk velvet and metal-thread textile panel, with cintamani and tiger-stripe design, Turkey, late 15th/early 16th centuryDark cerise voided silk velvet ground woven with rows of çintamani and ‘tiger-stripe’ motifs in metal-thread wrapped ivory silk. As a favourite element of the Ottoman design repertoire from the early fifteenth century through to the eighteenth century, çintamani appear in multiple forms and variations. Sotheby’s -- source link
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