Antique Block Printed Mezzaro Wall Hanging with Tree of Life Ship Figures Giraffe: C1830 Genoa, Italy Ottoman Skirt Dating from the 1920s Art

Dating from the 1920s Art Deco period this pair of hand painted lamp bases from Kashmir in Northern India

and would have been produced by highly skilled crafted person

The deep sea green on the ground off-sets the extraordinarily fine detail of the print

one split and an overall patina of age as you would expect in a textile from this era

Antique Block Printed Mezzaro Wall Hanging with Tree of Life Ship Figures Giraffe: C1830 Genoa, Italy Ottoman Skirt Dating from the 1920s ArtItem Details. Made for the European market in the style of earlier 18th century Indian Palampores, these hand blocked and hand painted Tree of Life hangings were produced in Genoa, Italy for the European market during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Mezzaros blended elements from both the East and the West, and thus one is no exception, including a three masted square rigged ship, likely a frigate or a merchant vessel from the 18th Centuy. The