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Lot 255
  • 255

A Salé silk embroidered and drawn thread-work sash, North Morocco

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • A Salé silk embroidered and drawn thread-work sash
  • the sash approximately 290 by 40cm;
  • 9ft. 6in. by 1ft. 3in.
TOGETHER WITH Two small Chechaouen silk embroidered covers, Rif Mountains, Morocco, 18th and 19th century, in aubergine and midnight blue 

Catalogue Note

See Paydar, N.I. & Grammet, I. ed., The Fabric of Moroccan Life, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2002, p.81, Inv.No. 1620.76.10 for a related fragment from the Niblack Collection.