Lot Essay
See footnote to lot 279
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TWO SILK BROCADE CHUBA
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The fabric of Russian origin, the first of yellow silk, woven with an allover pattern of floral clusters in gold, silver and shades of red and blue against a bright golden-yellow ground; the second a green silk example, woven in gold and silver threads with an allover pattern of floral clusters connected by swags, the details picked out in shades of blue and red against a turquoise-green ground, with blue silk cuffs
61¾ and 57½in. (156.8 and 145.4cm.) long (2)
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The fabric of Russian origin, the first of yellow silk, woven with an allover pattern of floral clusters in gold, silver and shades of red and blue against a bright golden-yellow ground; the second a green silk example, woven in gold and silver threads with an allover pattern of floral clusters connected by swags, the details picked out in shades of blue and red against a turquoise-green ground, with blue silk cuffs
61¾ and 57½in. (156.8 and 145.4cm.) long (2)
Further details
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