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A silk and metal-thread embroidered velvet floor spread and cushions (Gaddi) Rajasthan, late 19th Century(4) image 1
A silk and metal-thread embroidered velvet floor spread and cushions (Gaddi) Rajasthan, late 19th Century(4) image 2
Lot 94

A silk and metal-thread embroidered velvet floor spread and cushions (Gaddi)
Rajasthan, late 19th Century
(4)

30 March 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £8,925 inc. premium

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A silk and metal-thread embroidered velvet floor spread and cushions (Gaddi)
Rajasthan, late 19th Century

comprising a floor spread, a large cushion cover and two smaller cushion covers, each of magenta and green velvet decorated in gilt-metal thread and sequins with bands containing floral vines and other vegetal motifs
the floor spread 192 x 143 cm.(4)

Footnotes

Exhibited
Miho Museum, Japan, Jewels of the Mughal Emperors and Maharajas: Treasures from the Al Thani Collection, 1 October - 11 December 2016.

The gaddi was one of the most important textiles used at the Indian court, constituting the seat of power and focal point of a darbar. A similar metal thread-embroidered gaddi is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, museum no. 0761(IS).

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