A PIRI PIRI GOLD-THREAD EMBROIDERED SLEEVELESS ROBE Ottoman Albania or Greece, 19th century The ground of Prussian blue face cloth wool densely and symmetrically embroidered with lattice pairs of foliate tendrils bearing floral blossoms scrolling towards the centre at the back, the gold woven ribbon borders edged with sinuous gold thread frogging, the embroidery further embellished with gold spangles throughout, lined in red and white machine-woven chequered cotton, 120cm long. Provenance: UK private collection - purchased by the present vendor's grandparents in Ohrid (aka Ohrida), Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia) on 9th September 1935, thence by descent to the present vendor.