Lot n° 135
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 1 950EUR
PAIR OF BED TOWERS - Lot 135
PAIR OF BED TOWERS
GREECE, ISLAND OF CYCLADE OR DODECANESE, 18th-19th CENTURY
Linen embroidered in polychrome with double leaves, fringed. ADDED A Fragment of a bed curtain, island of Kos, linen embroidered in red and green spitha.
42 x 204 cm and 42 x 204 cm ; 112 x 48 cm
Expert : Monsieur Aymeric DE VILLELUME
Similar works are in the Benaki Museum in Athens.
Roderick Taylor, Embroidery of the Greek Islands, p. 178 - Çeyie, Broderies de l'Empire Ottoman, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève, p. 33, n° 15. For the fragment of a bed curtain, see: Roderick Taylor, Embroidery of the Greek Islands, p. 146.
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