• Sale 5573

    Islamic Costume and Textiles

    29 April 2005, London, South Kensington

    SALE TOTAL: 123,834 (GBP)
89 Lots for Sale 5573
Lot 1
A square patchwork rumal shawl, woven in coloured wools with...

estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,339 - $1,913)

price realized
£840
($1,607)
Lot 2
A long jamawar shawl of ivory wool, woven with a pallus...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,870 - $3,826)

price realized
£1,320
($2,525)
Lot 3
A shawl of striped termeh shawl cloth, woven with alternating...

estimate
£200 - £300
($383 - $574)

price realized
£72
($138)
Lot 4
A long jamawar shawl of mustard yellow wool, finely woven with a...

estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
($3,826 - $4,783)

price realized
£2,640
($5,050)
Lot 5
An embroidered rumal shawl, the patchwork ground predominantly of...

estimate
£400 - £600
($765 - $1,148)

price realized
£420
($803)
Lot 11
A figurative brocaded silk sari, woven in shades of red, yellow and...

estimate
£600 - £800
($1,148 - $1,530)

price realized
£660
($1,263)
Lot 12
An embroidered shawl, the fine cotton ground worked in orange and green...

estimate
£300 - £600
($574 - $1,148)

price realized
£840
($1,607)
Lot 13
An embroidered rumal, worked in silks with a central medallion...

estimate
£200 - £300
($383 - $574)

price realized
£120
($230)
Lot 15
Two red silk brocade panels, the centres of red silk woven with gilt palmettes...

estimate
£30 - £300
($57 - $574)

price realized
£138
($264)
Lot 16
An embroidered rumal, the cotton ground worked in couched gilt...

estimate
£300 - £400
($574 - $765)

price realized
£300
($574)
Lot 19
A skirt or shoulder cloth of printed cotton, block printed and dyed with...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,530 - $2,296)

price realized
£900
($1,722)
Lot 21
A muslin turban woven with three broad gilt stripes--24cm wide,...

estimate
£300 - £400
($574 - $765)

price realized
£360
($689)
Lot 23
A chintz coverlet, the cotton ground block-printed and painted with a...

estimate
£200 - £400
($383 - $765)

price realized
£240
($459)
Lot 25
A panel of blue silk brocade, woven with flowering shrubs with perching...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,530 - $2,296)

price realized
£960
($1,836)
Lot 26
A palampore, printed and painted with a blossoming tree rising from a...

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,826 - $5,739)

price realized
£2,640
($5,050)
Lot 34
A silk velvet prayer-hanging, woven with a green and red stylised...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
($1,913 - $2,296)

price realized
£960
($1,836)
Lot 37
An embroidered patchwork trouser cuff, composed of vertical bands of...

estimate
£250 - £450
($478 - $861)

price realized
£168
($321)
Lot 40
A painted banner, the cotton ground painted with the Qajar royal emblem...

estimate
£150 - £250
($287 - $478)

price realized
£84
($161)
Lot 41
A collection of silk fragments including a panel of salmon pink silk...

estimate
£300 - £500
($574 - $957)

price realized
£228
($436)
Lot 42
An embroidered whitework prayer-hanging, worked in ivory floss silks...

estimate
£350 - £450
($670 - $861)

price realized
£420
($803)
Lot 43
A collection of silk fragments, including a panel of striped silk woven...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
($1,913 - $2,296)

price realized
£960
($1,836)
Lot 45
A linen veil fragment, woven with a band of silk medallions including...

estimate
£2,000 - £4,000
($3,826 - $7,652)

price realized
£3,600
($6,887)
Lot 46
An embroidered and appliqué coverlet of wool facecloth, the duck-egg...

estimate
£400 - £600
($765 - $1,148)

price realized
£360
($689)
Lot 47
An embroidered conical hat of red wool facecloth, composed of four...

estimate
£150 - £250
($287 - $478)

price realized
£720
($1,377)
Lot 48
An embroidered bolster cover of emerald green silk velvet, worked in...

estimate
£400 - £600
($765 - $1,148)

price realized
£456
($872)
Lot 49
A figurative embroidered bocha, surface darned in silks, the central...

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,652 - $11,478)

price realized
£4,560
($8,723)
Lot 51
A panel of cloth of gold, woven with a courtier in a garden with an...

estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
($1,913 - $3,826)

price realized
£1,200
($2,296)
Lot 53
An embroidered prayer-hanging, the wool ground finely tamboured in silks...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,870 - $4,783)

price realized
£1,800
($3,443)
Lot 54
A fine bath towel of striped linen, embroidered with a deep border...

estimate
£500 - £800
($957 - $1,530)

price realized
£576
($1,102)
Lot 56
An embroidered cover of red wool, tamboured in silks, the field with a...

estimate
£300 - £500
($574 - $957)

price realized
£180
($344)
Lot 57
A small embroidered wallet of purple velvet, worked in couched gilt...

estimate
£100 - £200
($191 - $383)

price realized
£192
($367)
Lot 58
A length of crimson voided velvet, woven with an ogival lattice with...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,913 - $2,870)

price realized
£1,080
($2,066)
Lot 59
An unusual embroidered hanging of brown satin, worked in tamboured silks...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,913 - $2,870)

price realized
£1,080
($2,066)
Lot 61
A fine velvet panel, woven with a crimson and sage green silk pile...

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($11,478 - $15,304)

price realized
£6,960
($13,314)
Lot 64
A velvet yastik, woven with a crimson and green silk pile, the...

estimate
£200 - £400
($383 - $765)

price realized
£336
($643)
Lot 65
A tapestry-woven prayer hanging, woven in silks and metal thread with...

estimate
£400 - £600
($765 - $1,148)

price realized
£780
($1,492)
Lot 67
An embroidered bocha of green satin, embroidered in couched silks and...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,530 - $2,296)

price realized
£840
($1,607)
Lot 68
A panel of crimson silk brocade, finely woven in metal thread and blue...

estimate
£12,000 - £15,000
($22,956 - $28,695)

price realized
£26,400
($50,503)
Lot 70
A collection of embroidered towels, including a fine muslin towel...

estimate
£500 - £1,000
($957 - $1,913)

price realized
£600
($1,148)
Lot 72
A prayer hanging, the mehrab of fawn velvet applied with...

estimate
£500 - £800
($957 - $1,530)

price realized
£540
($1,033)
Lot 77
A table cloth and eight matching ivory damask napkins, woven with an...

estimate
£500 - £600
($957 - $1,148)

price realized
£420
($803)
Lot 78
A small haiti tent hanging, composed of three arched...

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,530 - $2,296)

price realized
£1,200
($2,296)
Lot 81
An embroidered bocha, the cotton ground worked in indigo silks with a...

estimate
£500 - £800
($957 - $1,530)

price realized
£600
($1,148)
Lot 82
A lady's hat, the cotton embroidered with magenta stylised flowers, with...

estimate
£250 - £350
($478 - $670)

price realized
£960
($1,836)
Lot 84
An embroidered mattress cover, the fine linen ground embroidered in...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,870 - $4,783)

price realized
£2,280
($4,362)
Lot 86
Two waistcoats of grey facecloth, variously decorated with metal...

estimate
£400 - £500
($765 - $957)

price realized
£420
($803)
Lot 87
Two waistcoats, trimmed with gilt frogging, North African, probably...

estimate
£300 - £500
($574 - $957)

price realized
£360
($689)
Lot 88
A waistcoat, embroidered with gilt braid, North African, Tunisan,...

estimate
£500 - £600
($957 - $1,148)

price realized
£540
($1,033)
Lot 89
A dress of indigo cotton, embroidered with silks, Palestinian, 20th...

estimate
£400 - £500
($765 - $957)

price realized
£780
($1,492)
Lot 90
A collection of textiles, including part of a figured silk sash--49 x...

estimate
£300 - £500
($574 - $957)

price realized
£288
($551)
Lot 92
An embroidered sash, the cotton ground worked in silks in shades of...

estimate
£200 - £300
($383 - $574)

price realized
£180
($344)
Lot 93
A Tiraz fragment, the linen ground woven with a band of red kufic...

estimate
£500 - £800
($957 - $1,530)

price realized
£3,120
($5,969)
Lot 94
A white cotton flatweave, woven with blue and brown geometric stripes...

estimate
£350 - £450
($670 - $861)

price realized
£360
($689)
Lot 95
A Palestinian dress of red striped velvet, with applied square plastron,...

estimate
£40 - £300
($77 - $574)

price realized
£1,320
($2,525)
Lot 96
A white cotton dress, Palestinian, possibly Nazareth; another...

estimate
£40 - £300
($77 - $574)

price realized
£1,440
($2,755)
Lot 97
A Palestinian dress, Bethlehem, 20th century, with abbrash shoulders and...

estimate
£40 - £300
($77 - $574)

price realized
£1,320
($2,525)
Lot 98
A Palestinian dress, Bethlehem, 20th century, with yellow shoulders and...

estimate
£40 - £400
($77 - $765)

price realized
£1,320
($2,525)
Lot 99
A Palestinian dress, Bethlehem, 20th century, the yellow and black...

estimate
£40 - £300
($77 - $574)

price realized
£1,320
($2,525)
Lot 100
A married woman's chyrpe of yellow silk, embroidered in coloured...

estimate
£300 - £500
($574 - $957)

price realized
£360
($689)
Lot 101
A red termeh shawl cloth coat, with white silk embroidered...

estimate
£200 - £400
($383 - $765)

price realized
£600
($1,148)
Lot 102
A joined panel of saffron yellow silk ikat, composed of three joined...

estimate
£300 - £500
($574 - $957)

price realized
£900
($1,722)
Lot 104
A cushion cover of velvet ikat, woven with a borders of single stem...

estimate
£1,500 - £1,800
($2,870 - $3,443)

price realized
£2,400
($4,591)
Lot 105
A silk ikat chapan woven with large boteh in yellow, red, white...

estimate
£200 - £400
($383 - $765)

price realized
£228
($436)
Lot 106
A quilted coverlet of silk ikat, woven with bands of red and yellow...

estimate
£600 - £1,000
($1,148 - $1,913)

price realized
£660
($1,263)
Lot 107
A silk velvet ikat chapan, woven with yellow, white and red ram's horn...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,739 - $9,565)

price realized
£3,600
($6,887)
Lot 111
A large susani, entirely couched in silks with magenta flower heads,...

estimate
£200 - £300
($383 - $574)

price realized
£264
($505)
Lot 112
A small susani, embroidered in silks, the field with a leafy diamond...

estimate
£400 - £600
($765 - $1,148)

price realized
£420
($803)
Lot 113
A susani, entirely embroidered in couched silks with abstracted magenta...

estimate
£150 - £250
($287 - $478)

price realized
£156
($298)
Lot 115
A mehrab susani,Tashkent, embroidered with magenta flower buds,...

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,870 - $3,826)

price realized
£1,800
($3,443)
Lot 116
A small susani, tamboured in silks with a field of diagonally meandering...

estimate
£800 - £1,500
($1,530 - $2,870)

price realized
£960
($1,836)
Lot 118
A composite prayer-arch susani, the mehrab and borders finely...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,913 - $2,870)

price realized
£1,200
($2,296)
Lot 119
A susani, embroidered in silks with a field and inner border of...

estimate
£400 - £600
($765 - $1,148)

price realized
£720
($1,377)
Lot 121
A susani, embroidered in silks with nine red and magenta flower- head...

estimate
£500 - £800
($957 - $1,530)

price realized
£540
($1,033)
Lot 122
A Nurata Susani, the quilted cotton ground embroidered in Bokharan couched...

estimate
£4,000 - £5,000
($7,652 - $9,565)

price realized
£4,560
($8,723)
Lot 124
A fine susani, embroidered in couched silks, the field with three...

estimate
£2,000 - £4,000
($3,826 - $7,652)

price realized
£3,840
($7,346)
Lot 126
A susani of yellow cotton, embroidered in coloured silks, the field with...

estimate
£400 - £600
($765 - $1,148)

price realized
£480
($918)
Lot 128
A susani, tamboured in silks with a central star-shaped floral medallion...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,913 - $2,870)

price realized
£960
($1,836)
Lot 130
A susani, worked in silks, the field and borders with deep pink rosette...

estimate
£300 - £500
($574 - $957)

price realized
£420
($803)
Lot 131
A susani, embroidered in silks with a field of flowering shrubs bearing...

estimate
£500 - £700
($957 - $1,339)

price realized
£540
($1,033)
Lot 132
A susani border fragment, worked in coloured silks and red Kashmir wool...

estimate
£250 - £350
($478 - $670)

price realized
£144
($275)
Lot 134
A fine susani, embroidered in couched silks with rows of red, pink and...

estimate
£2,000 - £4,000
($3,826 - $7,652)

price realized
£2,400
($4,591)
Lot 135
A fine susani, embroidered in couched silks with a diamond lattice of...

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,739 - $9,565)

price realized
£4,560
($8,723)
Lot 136
A susani, embroidered in silks, the borders with staggered rows of...

estimate
£250 - £350
($478 - $670)

price realized
£360
($689)
Lot 137
A susani embroidered in silks and Kashmiri red wool with a border of...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
($1,913 - $2,296)

price realized
£1,800
($3,443)
Lot 138
A fine silk ceremonial shoulder mantle, (Phu T'ai or T'ai...

estimate
£600 - £1,000
($1,148 - $1,913)

price realized
£600
($1,148)
Lot 139
A ceremonial sarong, (croe tapis), the ground of striped brown,...

estimate
£300 - £5,000
($574 - $9,565)

price realized
£780
($1,492)
Lot 140
A Burmese kalaga, embroidered and applied with beads and silks with...

estimate
£200 - £400
($383 - $765)

price realized
£24
($46)
Lot 141
A sarong of brocaded silk, the red silk ground woven with a checked...

estimate
£700 - £900
($1,339 - $1,722)

price realized
£780
($1,492)
Lot 143
A Bokharan green velvet coat,, trimmed with needle braid, circa...

estimate
£600 - £800
($1,148 - $1,530)

price realized
£600
($1,148)
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