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Embroidered kerchief. Konya / Turkey. Bird-motif. 1900-1950.

Posted by Jean-Marie Criel on April 14, 2016 at 9:07pm

An embroidered ‘çevre’ (square kerchief; a decorative accessory, but also used in costumes by both men and women). From the Konya region, first half of 20th century. With four representations of a kind of bird. Executed in ‘two-sided embroidery’ (front and rear are identical), using greenish and pink silk and metallic yarns (silvery and golden). (Inv.nr. brdw059 - Kavak Collection,Antwerpen/Belgium).

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