Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
Palmettes in Ogival Lattice

CultureGreek (Epirot), Ottoman
Titles
  • Palmettes in Ogival Lattice
Datelate 16th century
MediumLinen; embroidered with silk thread
Dimensions100 5/8 × 55 1/2 in. (255.6 × 141 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the 2013 Art of the Islamic Worlds Gala
Object number2013.82
Not on view

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Object Type
ProvenanceWher Collection, Lugano, Switzerland, to 1987; Private collection, New York; Private collection, United Kingdom, 2007; [Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2012]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
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