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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jivvy, post: 673727, member: 8184&quot;]About five minutes after I wrote the above, I wasn&#039;t so sure.&nbsp; So I went off and did some looking, found a reference, decided I was wrong, and wrote [USER=8363]@KikoBlueEyes[/USER] privately -- I didn&#039;t want to cause an auction stir when I still wasn&#039;t sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that the auction is over, I&#039;ll say that I think there is couching... I think it&#039;s mostly couching. But it&#039;s much finer than what I&#039;ve seen before and caused a sort of &quot;moire&quot; pattern in the not-so-great auction pics. </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the auction piece with an inset of the reference piece (from the Met Museum) which shows a similarity in the pattern.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]185445[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But because the reference piece is from the Met, the picture is much higher quality and I zoom in and see:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]185446[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>What was causing the unrecognized pattern was couching stitches of a contrasting color (and mediocre photography).</p><p><br /></p><p>Or so I think.&nbsp; Don&#039;t know for certain, but I wanted to update here, because that&#039;s just the kind of obsessive person I am. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s the full Met piece:</p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44243" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44243" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/44243</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]185447[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes yes, as I read back over this post, it does <i><b>sound</b></i> like gibberish. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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