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117a-Buti Fragment, late 18th c.

April 11, 2018 Shawls Uncategorized
A fine, rare design, well executed and drawn with wonderful clarity of botanical details on a soft, saffron ground. An overall horizontal linearity pervades the blossom in the use of tiny rectilinear lines and of course of right facing ‘tulip’ blossom. Securing and supporting the bouquet we find below a…

Nemati Collection, sale 11 April 2016, Paris

April 5, 2018 Uncategorized
About 115 shawls, Kashmiri and European,  will go up for sale in Paris, the large majority of which are the ‘garden variety’ types. That is to say they are the most frequent types,  encountered at flea markets and antique shops. Some body spent a ton of money to produce a…

213- Signature detail and translation

November 27, 2015 Uncategorized
213     The bottom line reads as follows: Farmāyish-i nau tarh-i mumtāz a’lā a’lā bas a’lā “Newly commissioned, superb pattern of the finest, finest, very finest.” Given that it’s from Kashmir and the Persian may not be quite so fine as the pattern, it could also mean “commission of…