Sale 4914
London, South Kensington
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27 April 2012
Price realised
GBP 4,500
Estimate
A SHOULDER CLOTH OR SELENDANG SUMATRA, INDONESIA, 20TH CENTURY the scarlet silk ground woven with a white and red lattice grid to the field, within borders worked with gilt metal stars and ogival motifs 38 x 106 in. (196 x 270 cm.)
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