Furniture and Works of Art - 8th January 2015

Lot 359

A silk and voided velvet hanging

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £700

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Description

A silk and voided velvet hanging, decorated on a gilt ground with carnations, flowers and leaves in the Ottoman style, either Italian or Turkish, 18th century, 160 x 54.7cm.

Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916) and thence by descent.