A silk and metal thread embroidered sari (kimkhwab) North India, 18th/ 19th Century

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A silk and metal thread embroidered sari (kimkhwab) North India, 18th/ 19th Century of rectangular form, woven on a blue ground in polychrome silks and gilt silver thread, with a repeat design of floral motifs, the end with three panels containing floral sprays, alternating hamsa birds and female figures, backed 455 x 119 cm. Footnotes: Provenance Private UK collection. For textiles with comparable motifs, see John Gillow and Nicholas Barnard, Traditional Indian Textiles, London 1991, pp.30 and 51. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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A silk and metal thread embroidered sari (kimkhwab) North India, 18th/ 19th Century

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