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3. Above left: Italian velvet, 16th century. Silk pile, silver thread ground, details in gold bouclé, 0.59 x 1.15m (2'0" x 3'9"). Private collection
4. Below left: Ottoman çintamani velvet fragment (detail), Turkey, Bursa, second half 15th century. Silk and silver-wrapped thread, 0.17 x 0.42m (7" x 1'5"). Formerly Bernheimer Collection, Christie’s, London, 2 October 1996, lot 140, pl.17. Private collection
5. Right: Ottoman velvet yastık, Turkey, Bursa, late 16th or 17th century. Silk, cotton and metal-wrapped thread, 0.64 x 1.12m (2'1" x 3'8"). Lefevre & Partners, London, November 28th, 1980, lot 19. Private collection
ITALIAN & OTTOMAN VELVETS
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