Starry Pillow Cover Fragment

Part of a decorative pillow case from Istanbul (last capital of Ottoman Empire). It is embroidered with gold thread and gold sequins on silk velvet. Embroidered with star pattern. circa 1845, Mid 19thcentury. Period of Sultan Abdülmecid.

Framed size: 22×23 cm

All details about this embroidery are available behind the frame in Turkish and English.
This old Turkish Ottoman embroidery fragment has definitely not been cut from an undamaged whole piece, but has obtained from embroidery that has been worned out in sections and in order to preseve its original state it has been framed using acid free paper mat and acid free glass.