Tulips woven with gold and silver. A simplified simulation of a woven textile from the Ottoman court studios, a remnant of the original is in the Davidson Museum in Denmark. © Su Schaefer 2012
An aged, worn, less brighter version of this design is here.
Apparently, at certain times, the Sultans in the Ottoman empire banned the manufacture of textiles like this, as they used so much gold and silver thread that they drained the empire's precious metal reserves.
Metallic oils & chalk, basic repeat. [proofing at 200 ppi]
