POLAND, CIRCA 1800

Details

A SILK AND METAL-THREAD SASH
POLAND, CIRCA 1800
The central field with bands of rosettes in gold-thread against a green ground alternating with floral vines on a gold ground, each end with pink and blue floral sprays, the sides with a border of floral vines, the maker's name woven in each corner at both ends
137 x 12 ¼in. (348 x 31cm.)

Provenance

Collection of Albert Achdjian, thence by descent
Acquired from Berdj Achdjian, 1982

Literature

Albert and Berdj Achdjian, Tapis d'Orient Anciens, Paris, 1979, cat. 42

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Lot Essay

Deriving from Persian fashions, the sash became an essential feature of Polish male dress in the 17^th and 18^th centuries, with silk sashes imported from Kashan, Iran via Turkey to Poland. As the import of sashes faltered due to war and upheaval in the 18^th century, Polish workshops took to producing sashes themselves to satisfy demand. A similar sash produced at the factory of Francis Maslowski is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (acc. no. T.98-1968).

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