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Middle East or Turkey? Paisleys point to Central Asia

Posted by Ethnic Embellishments on May 18, 2011 at 2:09am
Middle East or Turkey? Paisleys point to Central Asia
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  • Patricia Deany May 18, 2011 at 3:30am
    Paisleys are also Persian.
  • Alaa eddine SAGID May 18, 2011 at 9:24am

    THE FACETED CARNELIAN BEADS ARE REMINESCENT OF THE OTTOMAN JEWELLERY

    THE TURQUOISE STUDS ARE MORE PERSIAN AND SO ARE THE PAISLEYS

     

    THE OVERALL DESIGN IS MORE URBAN THAN RURAL AND THE FRAGILE TREASURE FEEL THAT EMANATES FROM THIS NECKLACE WOULD MAKE ME THINK OF A RELIGIOUS MINORITY IN EITHER IRAN OR TURKEY

     

    JEWISH? SYRIAC? PARSI? ARMENIAN?

  • Patricia Deany May 18, 2011 at 12:19pm
    I look at this again and I am thinking Uzbek, mostly because of the delicate paisleys and  the round pieces inset with blue. Confused, however, by the carnelian which is rare in the Uzbek jewelry I know. As to age, probably sometime mid twentieth century.
  • Ethnic Embellishments May 15, 2013 at 7:47pm

    Ahmad & Peter, have you seen anything like this?  I've been trying to place it for years.

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