ID 1178426
Lot 34 | AN EXTREMELY LARGE SAFAVID VELVET PANEL
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
IRAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Comprising a full loom width decorated with a repeated pattern of a cypress tree growing between two floral stems, flanked by a bird to each side, traces of metal-thread, mounted, framed and glazed
61 3⁄8 x 27 ½in. (155.9 x 69.9cm.)
Provenance
Giorgio Sangiorgi (d.1960),
Acquired by the present owner from Spink & Son, 1985
Literature
Spink & Son Ltd, Textiles from the Sangiorgi Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, 1985, no. 20 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Donald King, Textiles from the Sangiorgi Collection, Spink & Son, London, 17 September - 5 October 1985
Further details
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| Medium: | Textile, Velvet |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Textiles and Costumes |
| Medium: | Textile, Velvet |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Textiles and Costumes |
| Address of auction |
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