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Rectangular altar ornament, in green silk brocade with gold …
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71
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Rectangular altar ornament, in green silk brocade with gold …
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Voluntary lot
Description
Rectangular altar ornament,
in green silk brocade with gold and silver cannetille, decorated with stylised plant and floral scrolls in six registers, divided by an openwork decoration of palmettes in gold thread mesh, with gold and silver trimmings around the edges. The back is upholstered in green silk. Small tears and stains.
Bears a Brooklyn Museum collection label with a handwritten inventory number on the back.
Embroidery: Russia, late 17th century.
Silk from the 19th century.
H. 48.5 x L. 88 cm.
Provenance
- Former collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York (bearing an old inventory number on the back n° 80. 157.4).
- French private collection.
See original version (French)
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