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LOT 1278
Western Asiatic Textile with Gold Embroidery
19TH-20TH CENTURY A.D.
48 x 55 1/8 in. (512 grams, 122 x 140 cm).
A roughly rectangular netted fabric with embroidered edges, small quatrefoils to the field, and a larger leaf in each corner. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection of a London gentleman, acquired between 1965-2020.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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