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Lot 2160

CLOTH IN GARA EMBROIDERY WITH BIRDS AMONGST FOLIAGE AND FLOWERS

Estimated Value:

200 € - 300 €

Result:

310 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

North India, probably China for the Parsees in India, around 1900
132 x 101 cm
Silk (black), embroidery: satin stitch, twisted threads, silk in beige tones and white. The cloth might be a section of a formerly completely embroidered sari. The embroidery is composed of equal square sections and has a border.
Old private collection from North Rhine-Westphalia, mostly collected in the 1960s
Traces of use and age, trimmed, faded, fragile, underlaid for backup