Traditional Block Print Shawl or Boçha Cover: C1900 Kandilli, Istanbul, Turkey 1920s costume 1: 76 x 61cm

1: 76 x 61cm

a couple of the darker roundels have some slight colour run

1: 123 x 61cm

Length: 123

Era and Usage

Traditional Block Print Shawl or Boçha Cover: C1900 Kandilli, Istanbul, Turkey 1920s costume 1: 76 x 61cmItem Details. Dating from the latter half of the 19th century this Turkish domestic lightweight cotton was probably originally used as a Boha wrapping cloth or shawl. From Kandilli, an Asian suburb of Istanbul which formally had a significant Greek population where cotton printing went on and by which term theses prints are popularly known. The other larger centre of woodblock printing being Tokat close to Izmir in Western Turkey. This is a good 19th