Ottoman Turkish 'Bindalli' Wedding Dress Hand Embroidered Gold Thread Late 19c.

Late 19c Fifth Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant. Embroidered in 'Satin Stich' with gold and multicolored threads on a rich blue silk background. Framed: 17 1/4" x 17 1/4" x 1 5/8".

A late 19th century Qing Dynasty embroidered silk wedding skirt. Total waistband measures 44", length of skirt 37".

A Chinese Straits finely hand embroidered silk with deco styled motifs; crane, plants and insects. On a rich red silk field. Silk tassels with wooden weights...

A brass tag was nailed to the back. This interesting and slightly shocking means of identification, tells us more about the artistic disdain and ethnographic interest of the Europea...

Meiji period cast bronze hand mirror. Very fine casting quality depicting typical Japanese motifs.

Rare Dorothy Hafner early (1977) set of 6 gray ceramic mugs hand-crafted by this important designer/maker..

Antique Asian Ottoman style vest in emerald green velvet decorated with elaborate gold thread, trimmed with gold metallic thread. Elegant vest handmade embroidery on green silk velve...

Vintage velvet burgundy embroidered pointed toe Middle Eastern Moorish exotic shoes. Embroidered Turkish metallic gold thread ethnic flat slippers. Late-O...

A 19th century Turkish ottoman period embroidered kaftan Measures: Height 123cm, width 133cm This antique kaftans dates from the Ottoman period in T...

A 19th Century Turkish ottoman period kaftan Height 136cm, width 159cm This antique kaftan dates from the Ottoman period in Turkey during the 19th Cent...

19th Century Islamic Art, Ottoman Moorish Metallic Threads Embroidered Arched Textile. Collectible Museum quality antique textile fragment probably part of a wall hanging or mirror cloth. Early 19th century antique Islamic Ottoman Empire style embroidered silk and metal thread panel. Compositions in Moorish 8 pointed star design medallions surrounded by scrolling vine, lined, scattered losses and loose threads to silk. Antique Oriental Byzantine textile depicting embroidered flowers depicting branches filled-in with silk floss threads creating an intricate embroidered pattern. On two of the corners, the antique textile panel is embellished with bands of blue silk rushing framed by with antique metallic trims, this dramatic embroidered of meandering botanical's are done in earthy colors and embroidered on natural linen. An antique Ottoman Empire textile decorative and historical artifact. "Ottoman silk textiles are among the most elegant textiles produced in the Islamic word. Executed in a range of woven techniques including satin and velvet, these silks were produced for use both within the Ottoman Empire and for export to Europe and the Middle East, where they were considered among the most prized luxury objects. Most Ottoman silks produced for use within the Empire were used either for garments or furnishings." Condensed from: Nazanin Hedayat Munroe. Department of Islamic Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This antique Islamic Art...

19th C. Islamic Textile Ottoman Empire Silver Metallic Threads Antique Fragment. Early 19th century antique Islamic Ottoman Empire metallic threads embroidered silk textile. Antique oriental byzantine textile depicting embroidered flowers depicting branches filled-in with silk floss threads creating an intricate embroidered pattern. On two of the corners, the antique textile...