£ 840.00
225 x 174 cm // 7ft 5" x 5ft 9"
This superb high-end luxury antique silk from Aleppo has embroidered silk parts in the Agabahni style chain-stitch and was likely intended as a bedcover. The item appears unused having likely been carefully stored away.
Aghabani is the name given to similar lesser Levantine / Syrian silk embroideries. The name purportedly from two Aleppo families said to have started this type of work, Al-Agha and Al-Bani. Confusingly, the work in yellow silk chain-stitch may be attributed to Bengal. Another previous example we once handled came with the signature including the citation of Syrian city, Aleppo.
Beautifully lined with a fine muslin-type cotton to add weight and stability
• circa 1900
Ref. 17157
