Antique Traditional Indonesian Gold-work Embroidered Wall Hanging or Banner: C19th Sumatra antique French costume and other signs of wear

and other signs of wear that you’d expect in an antique textile

The suzani is in excellent condition for an antique textile

There is a dark mark or stain on the lower left hand side which is hard to detect from a distance and some light areas of colour bleed

as you would expect in a delicate textile of this antiquity

Antique Traditional Indonesian Gold-work Embroidered Wall Hanging or Banner: C19th Sumatra antique French costume and other signs of wearFrom Sumatra, Indonesia, come some of the worlds most beautiful and interesting textiles, this hanging is no exception. Hand embroidered in gold gilt thread onto a silk covered hand blocked cotton ground sometime during the second half of the 19th century. This long wall hanging is very traditional in content and manner and reflects a tradition going back hundreds of years, the symbolism and patterns have various meanings and would be easily