Details
A long jamawar shawl,
the residual stellar field of black wool surrounded by petal shaped cartouches, each enclosing palmettes against a red ground, the pallus with pairs of elongated palm-tipped boteh outlined in green and duck-egg blue, with embroidered harlequin borders, (with a small embroidered inscription to field and border), Kashmir, 1840's--134cm x 336cm
See Colour Plate 4
the residual stellar field of black wool surrounded by petal shaped cartouches, each enclosing palmettes against a red ground, the pallus with pairs of elongated palm-tipped boteh outlined in green and duck-egg blue, with embroidered harlequin borders, (with a small embroidered inscription to field and border), Kashmir, 1840's--134cm x 336cm
See Colour Plate 4
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
This shawl is illustrated in the printed catalogue on colour plate 4, bottom left, where it is wrongly numbered as lot 72.