Lot No. 196


Uzbeks, Turkmens, Tajiks: Traditional summer frock for young women, dyed in Ikat technique.


Uzbeks, Turkmens, Tajiks: Traditional summer frock for young women, dyed in Ikat technique. - Tribal Art

A summer dress (not lined!) made of silk, in Ikat technique (the warp threads are bound off and dyed before the weaving). From Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan or northern Afghanistan (called ‘Chapan’ or ‘Khalat’).
Red and yellow colour shades are typical of young women’s clothing. In vertical stripes, with ram’s head motif, green borders with tassels, embroidered with yellow and white.
Among the centres famous for Ikat dyeing in the Orient were the oases of Bokhara, Samarkand, Tashkent and others along the ‘silk road’.
vAn item in perfect condition.
First third of the 20th century; L: 120 cm, W: 172 cm (with both sleeves). (ME)

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at

26.05.2015 - 15:00

Realized price: **
EUR 375.-
Estimate:
EUR 600.- to EUR 800.-

Uzbeks, Turkmens, Tajiks: Traditional summer frock for young women, dyed in Ikat technique.


A summer dress (not lined!) made of silk, in Ikat technique (the warp threads are bound off and dyed before the weaving). From Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan or northern Afghanistan (called ‘Chapan’ or ‘Khalat’).
Red and yellow colour shades are typical of young women’s clothing. In vertical stripes, with ram’s head motif, green borders with tassels, embroidered with yellow and white.
Among the centres famous for Ikat dyeing in the Orient were the oases of Bokhara, Samarkand, Tashkent and others along the ‘silk road’.
vAn item in perfect condition.
First third of the 20th century; L: 120 cm, W: 172 cm (with both sleeves). (ME)

Specialist: Erwin Melchardt Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465

erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Tribal Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 26.05.2015 - 15:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 20.05. - 26.05.2015


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