Uzbekistan antique Bukhara silk velvet fragment (57 x 37cm)

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57 x 37 cm  //  23" x  15"

Famous design ikat velvet known from robes and probably the manufactured product of a single workshop in Bukhara. The technique was lost in the Soviet era until relatively recently when it was revived by practitioners in Ferghana about 25 years ago and which now exceeds the original product in term of repertoire at Ferghana.

This small antique fragment has either been adapted for the modern art trade or for some amulet purpose after it was presumably cut down from a robe. It is bound by a later early 20th century abr (cloud) ikat and lined with a floral cotton print. 

The  velvet pile is showing signs of wear - see Ref. 18483 a smaller example without wear but without the contemporary binding

• 19th C (with contemporary 19th C striped silk banding) 

Ref. 18482