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Herekeh · Early 20th Century
Herekeh by Shirinian
Hereke, the imperial workshop on the Marmara shore, signed only work it stood behind — and this piece carries two signatures: the workshop's own mark and the personal cartouche of its weaver, Shirinian. Five years at one loom, in silk at six hundred knots to the square inch.
It took 5 years to make this by hand
Oval medallion with pendants on a soft gold floral field, salmon spandrels; signed with both the Hereke mark and the weaver Shirinian’s cartouche.
- Size
- 4′6″ × 3′5″
- Style
- Herekeh — Hereke, Marmara
- Era
- Early 20th Century
- Pile
- Silk
- Foundation
- Silk
- Weave
- Hand-knotted
- Dyes
- Vegetable dye
- Condition
- Excellent