Antique Uzbek Silk Ikat Panels

Antique Uzbek Silk Ikat Panels.

Highly decorative silk Ikat panels from Margilan, Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan, dating to the late 19th century. 

Ikat weaving is an extremely complicated process only mastered by the most skillful weavers. It involves tie-dyeing the silk warps prior to the weaving itself. The material thus produced was usually made into robes which only the wealthiest could afford and which always denoted high social standing. 

These loom-width panels have a very attractive iridessence and are in perfect condition. They are both mounted on a stretcher. 

A very similar textile worked into a composite panel is in the Murad Megalli Collection in the Textile Museum, Washington, published in the catalogue accompanying the museum's exhibition from October 16, 2010, to March 13, 2011, and edited by Sumru Belger Krody: Colors of the Oasis. Central Asian Ikats. It is catalogue no. 54, illustrated on page 247. 

£650 each

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This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance

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