Antique Block Printed Mezzaro Wall Hanging with Tree of Life Ship Figures Giraffe: C1830 Genoa, Italy Ottoman Skirt this would have been made

this would have been made for domestic interiors

It depicts figures consistent with Gopis (cowherd girls and devotees of Lord Krishna) standing beneath a stylized tree

A brocaded damask

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

Antique Block Printed Mezzaro Wall Hanging with Tree of Life Ship Figures Giraffe: C1830 Genoa, Italy Ottoman Skirt this would have been madeItem 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