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An unusual silk and metal thread strip rug, possibly Hyderabad, India,
Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 GBP
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Description
- An unusual silk and metal thread strip rug
- approximately 227 by 143cm., 7ft. 5in. by 4ft. 8in.
the ivory flatwoven silk field with the design piled in silk, the flatwoven areas overlaid with silver coloured metal strip, couched at intervals with vertical rows of chain stitch
Catalogue Note
This rug is clearly based on a 17th century Isphahan 'in-and-out palmette' design; it is however executed in an idiosyncratic technique.