Lot Essay
The leaves and bushes found on this sash are very Mughal in appearance but rarely found in other examples. A very similar Patka is published in Francesca Galloway and Jacqueline Simcox, The Art of Textiles, London, 1989, cat.103.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD SASH (PATKA)
INDIA, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Details
A SILK AND METAL-THREAD SASH (PATKA)
INDIA, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The central field with columns of chevrons in gold thread woven against the red ground, each end with six red flowering bushes against a gold ground with a top and bottom border of red floral vine, the edges with a border of pink floral vines on a bright gold ground, fringed
8ft. 1 ½ x 1ft. 7 ¼in. (248 x 49cm.)
INDIA, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The central field with columns of chevrons in gold thread woven against the red ground, each end with six red flowering bushes against a gold ground with a top and bottom border of red floral vine, the edges with a border of pink floral vines on a bright gold ground, fringed
8ft. 1 ½ x 1ft. 7 ¼in. (248 x 49cm.)
Provenance
By repute, Nasli Heeramaneck
Acquired by Spink & Son from Alice Heeramaneck
With Spink & Son, London, 1988
Acquired by Spink & Son from Alice Heeramaneck
With Spink & Son, London, 1988
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Sara Plumbly
Director, Head of Department
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The leaves and bushes found on this sash are very Mughal in appearance but rarely found in other examples. A very similar Patka is published in Francesca Galloway and Jacqueline Simcox, The Art of Textiles, London, 1989, cat.103.