19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN EMBROIDERED SATIN SILK ROBE
Possibly Gujarat, Western India, 20th century
AN EMBROIDERED SATIN SILK ROBE
Possibly Gujarat, Western India, 20th century
Of knee-length tunic form with straight sleeves and a slit collar, tailored from rich magenta satin silk and elaborately embroidered throughout with floral motifs in white, yellow and black silk thread using couching, satin stitch and seedwork techniques, the decoration composed of stylised rosettes and almond-shaped buds within lattice and trellis borders, the front and hem with symmetrical vertical bands of floral sprays, the neckline framed by radiating blossoms and almond forms, the reverse similarly decorated with rows of paired rosettes and flowering stems, the interior lined in red cotton and finished with a yellow silk brocade facing at the hem, the overall composition demonstrating skilled needlework in regional North Indian or Gujarati traditions of festive dress.
94cm wide across the arms and 87cm long
Sold for £517
AN EMBROIDERED SATIN SILK ROBE
Possibly Gujarat, Western India, 20th century
Of knee-length tunic form with straight sleeves and a slit collar, tailored from rich magenta satin silk and elaborately embroidered throughout with floral motifs in white, yellow and black silk thread using couching, satin stitch and seedwork techniques, the decoration composed of stylised rosettes and almond-shaped buds within lattice and trellis borders, the front and hem with symmetrical vertical bands of floral sprays, the neckline framed by radiating blossoms and almond forms, the reverse similarly decorated with rows of paired rosettes and flowering stems, the interior lined in red cotton and finished with a yellow silk brocade facing at the hem, the overall composition demonstrating skilled needlework in regional North Indian or Gujarati traditions of festive dress.
94cm wide across the arms and 87cm long
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
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