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inventary number: Bd000525
Fragmet of a large "Small-Pattern Holbein" with armorial bearings
West Anatolia, first quarter of the 16th century

Warp: beige wool, Z2S, on two levels Woof: red wool, Z, 2 passages Knot: wool, symmetrical, Z2, 30h x 49v = 1470 n/dmq Colors: (8) ivory, orange pink, bright red, light pinkish red, dark green, azure, deep blue, dark brown. In armorial bearings: (7) ivory, beige, light ochre, red, azure, dark brown, yellow (only first letter)

dimension:
A: cm 226 x 322

B: cm 226 x 33

notes: Bibliography: A. Boralevi in 'Geometrie d'Oriente - Stefano Bardini e il tappeto antico', cat. ed. Livorno (Sillabe), 1999, pp. 48-49.

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