Antique Gilt Thread and Silk Embroidery with Elephants: C19th China antique block print for study or a useful

for study or a useful addition to a collection or archive

in pale blues with a lilac purple stripe

All as you’d expect in a textile of this age

The roots of traditional Qajar painting can be found in the style of painting that arose during the previous Safavid empire

Antique Gilt Thread and Silk Embroidery with Elephants: C19th China antique block print for study or a usefulItem Details. Dating from the 19th century, a fine and decorative silk embroidery from China. From a the collection of an academic, writer and collector of early textiles, do look at our listings over the coming weeks for more pieces from the same collection. Skillfully hand embroidered onto a magenta silk satin ground with coloured silks using a wide variety of stitches unusually it depicts two elephants worked in gold wrapped thread, a scholars