GRAND CARRÉ AUX RUBANS DORÉS Lot n° 19

OTTOMAN EMPIRE, TURKEY OR GREECE, 19th CENTURY Cotton stamen finely embroidered on both sides with gold metallic threads and polychrome silk threads. Wide border of a long scroll of openwork ribbons and flowering stems. Scalloped braid at the edge. Good condition, a few small darned snags and small stains. A LARGE SQUARED EMBROIDERY WITH GOLDEN RIBBONS, OTTOMAN, TURKEY OR GREECE, 19TH CENTURY. Size : 100 x 99 cm. See Marianne Ellis and Jennifer Wearden, Ottoman Embroidery, V&A Publications London, 2001, pl. 49-55 for similar long embroidered belts. Expert : L.S.