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  Thelma February 25, 2015 at 12:36pm

  Close-up of the back of the button showing the stud used for closing a Turkoman cloak
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  Ethnic Embellishments February 25, 2015 at 1:54pm

  Great photo with the textile in the back!
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  Ethnic Embellishments February 25, 2015 at 1:55pm

  I think that this is an older piece.  I hope that Linda Pastorino can provide her opinion.
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  Thelma February 25, 2015 at 3:49pm

  Thanks, Hillary. The textile is an Anatolian kilim. We have used two old kilims to upholster two of our small armchairs; and the button is pinned to the back of one of the armchairs. It's interesting how the filigree clearly shows the usual rams head symbols ... although some of my Turkoman friends would not agree that these symbols represent rams heads except when a piece comes from Anatolia. They tell me that, to Eastern Turkmen, this symbol represents horses heads.....Interesting. But do both rams and horses represent ancestors? I think I can understand why one would want to claim a representation of a horse rather than a ram. But rams have their own admirable qualities too. 
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  ingrid Langerak February 25, 2015 at 5:59pm

  Nice item and like you wrote an interesting background.
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  Linda Pastorino February 25, 2015 at 11:41pm

  This is a very nice example. i saw one recently in a collection that i am appraising that is not good at all and is a really bad example.  I can not post it but i might ask permission to use it in a lecture this summer. May i use this also.  I'm showing like items and comparing them , trying to get various versions of things for age and quality.  What is nice and unusual about this is the wire work around the inside is very fluid and has good drawing. On the reverse the high grade  silver and age is apparent. 
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  Lynn Ardent February 26, 2015 at 1:15am

  The button is gorgeous, congratulations Thelma!!  Linda, I hope you film your lecture and also post the materials, that would be wonderful. 
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  Thelma February 26, 2015 at 11:11am

  Thanks Ingrid, Linda, Lynn and Johanne for the comments. Linda, your lecture sounds interesting ... no problem in using the photo if it's useful. Like Lynn I would love to see the other piece if you use it. Yes, the wirework is delicately well done and I like the fact that it shows signs of age.