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Antique NW Persian Shahsavan Khorjin fragment featuring a lovely field of wonky diagonal lines in various soft and patinated tones of red, pink, blue, green, and yellow. Framed by multiple small borders that include repeating rosettes, a classical meandering vine, and most interestingly a border of matching diagonals. Woven completely of hearty undyed brown wool which makes its presence known in the worn areas as well the coarse fringes.
Small Antique Shahsavan - 1’6 x 1’8
$350.00 Sold out
Antique Shahsavan Mafresh fragment featuring a central concentric latch hooked device in blues, green, and ivory on a red ground and flanked by strong and distinctive borders on top and bottom. Each segment features two minor borders of smooth
Antique Shahsavan Mafrash Fragment - 1’4 x 1'4
$750.00 Sold out
Antique Veramin bagface featuring central hooked device on a navy ground filled with various animals and protection symbols. Framed by a wide main border of multicolored eight-pointed stars on an ivory ground which is flanked by two minor borders of multicolored ovals on a soft red ground. It is finished with a slit kilim top and dotted skirt end. Nicely embellished with a salt and pepper weft float on end.
Antique Veramin Trapping - 1’8 x 3’5
$950.00
peruvian tapestry featuring a depiction of Andean life with three women walking in front of a snow-capped mountain. One woman has a small child strapped to her. They are all wearing traditional dress including distinctive hats.
Vintage Peruvian - 4’5 x 5’6
$375.00
Antique Bengal Kantha featuring a wild and asymmetrical scene with a small off-center mandala. It is full of various motifs from fish, horses, elephants, and people. The people can be seen in pairs stacked on top of one another, riding a horse and an elephant as well as inside a Vimana or flying palace. The whimsical borders add to the wonderful chaos as they completely shift from large floral symbols to rosettes and eventually to triangles in different sections.
Large Antique Kantha - 4’6 x 5'6
$750.00 Sold out
Silk Mid century Rabari camel cover featuring brightly colored applique in a very distinctive format. This format is made by the Rabari people of the Kutch region of Gujarat and specifically for a camel. In Fair condition with some wear and color run. Some of the fabric and metallic have worn down.
Mid Century Fine Camel Cover, Rabari People - 4’8 x 7’1
$850.00
Antique large Bengali Kantha featuring a repeat field of flowering vines and curving lines as a backdrop to a small off-center mandala and large-scale floral forms. The addition of a peacock and a Vimana or flying palace adds some serious interest. The large-scale floral forms almost feel like fireworks exploding in the sky. The whole composition is flanked by richly rendered paisley or
Antique Nakshi Kantha - 4'1 x 7'11
$1,750.00 Sold out
large Antique Bengali Kantha featuring a repeat pattern of quatrefoils in a grid. It has a limited palette of various red and black threads on a plain white cotton ground which is subtle but intriguing. The stitching gets fuller and more saturated in the center and small pinwheel motifs have been added giving the piece a more traditional focal point. The patterning is broken in a section in which the inclusion of an elephant adds some interest.
Large Antique Nakshi Kantha - 3'7 x 5'5
$1,250.00
Antique rare Bengali Kantha referencing Ram or Rama who is one the most popular Hindu deities and likely intended as a mantra in
Rare Calligraphy "Ram" Kantha - 1'7 x 2'3
$1,200.00
Antique Bengali narrative Kantha that tells a story over multiple scenes. It may display a classic folk story or something relevant to the maker. A variety of scenes of village life are showcased including collecting wood, making of chapathi, and a conflict where the participants are holding sticks or other weapons. A very intriguing piece that incorporates many varied scenes into a visually balanced whole.
Antique Nakshi Kantha - 1'9 x 2'
$1,200.00 Sold out
Large Antique Nakshi Kantha - 4'5 x 5'8
Large Antique Nakshi Kantha - 4'5 x 5'8
$1,350.00
Bengali Kantha featuring an off-center mandala with reciprocal panels on top and bottom. The central mandala is squished to one side by three elephants and one horse form. The top and bottom panels both feature a row of plant forms that blossom into birds. Soft red, blue, and yellow on a soft pink ground.
Pink Antique Nakshi Kantha - 2'8 x 3'10
$1,350.00
Antique Nakshi Kantha featuring an off-center mandala with three reciprocal panels on top and bottom. The panels feature an elephant, a person on horseback, and what appears to be a rendition of the British hunter motif. It is framed by an alternating rosette and leaf border reminiscent of the classical egg and dart style. At the four corners of the border is a single rosette.
Antique Circus Nakshi Kantha - 1'1 x 1'8
$650.00
Antique pastel Kantha featuring a central mandala with pinwheels at its focal point as well as its four flanks. The patterning is a variation of different abstracted forms consistent in form as well as color with a limited palette of navy and red faded to soft pink on a white cotton ground. The consistency is slightly thrown by some moments where the original red has not faded packing a small punch. The red moments in combination with the pinwheels give this piece a hypnotic effect.
Antique Hypnotic Nakshi Kantha - 2'1 x 2'2
$575.00
Antique Kantha featuring a central floral mandala with vegetal forms in each cornice. It has a limited palette of various red and black threads on plain white cotton ground. The red and black threads were likely harvested and reused from old clothing. A mixed border of local fish (Ilish) on the vertical and birds (Doyel) on the horizontal frame the whole. Look closely to notice two small birds in one cornice.
Antique Lotus Nakshi Kantha - 1'11 x 2'4
$950.00
Bengali Kantha featuring a large central bouquet of flowers in a vase flanked by four smaller bouquets in vases. The leaves of the central bouquet are also interestingly rounded into pinwheel form. The outer border was taken from an old sari edge and reattached around the perimeter. The words
Bengali Script Nakshi Kantha - 2'4 x 2'8
$850.00