7043.
Silk Damask; ground, tawny; pattern, a cone-shaped floriation amid foliage and flowers. Sicilian, 15th century. 13½ inches by 13 inches.
7043.
SILK DAMASK,
Sicilian—15th century.
Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith.
Both around the cone, as well as athwart the flowers, there are attempts at Arabic sentences, but in letters so badly done as easily to show the attempted cheat.