50s HAND-WOVEN Indonesian Silk OPERA STOLE Navy Gold Vintage SHAWL Sarong Odani

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I attended the estate auction of a widow ofan oil-executive whoe traveled the world exploring for oil beginning in the forties and fifties in Africa and the far east. She traveled extensively with him to many exotic and even dangerous locations during and after WWII, and collected beautiful textiles in every location. Most of these were kept in an airtight, cedar closet, wrapped well to protect the pieces. I have acquired a large amount of these museum quality textiles. These were all originally purchased in the 1940’s and ‘50’s, and some of them were vintage at that time, so I’m guessing they are antiques now. Tonight will be the beginning of the listings that will include hand-woven silks-scarves, sarees and sarongs, embroidered pashmina scarves, Nepalese, Javanese, African, Central American, Japanese, Fulani , and Indonesian Fabrics; including double Ikats, hand stamped and hand painted batiks, and brocades from Benares. It is an amazing collection, and if you like beautiful, luxury items, please be sure to check back in the next few weeks and months. It will take a while to run out, I bought dozens of pieces and I’m still researching them. I am trying to document every item with research at local libraries and Universities, and by consulting with an older (92 years young) textile collector and weaver who has traveled the world collecting similar pieces. I will do my best to answer your questions as soon as I can, but please ask early to give me time to find out what you need to know, or go to your local museums and libraries and check them out yourself, it’s a wonderful hobby to get started, but it is addictive. This measures 43" x 85" in length. It is a medium weight silk, more of a skirt or jacket weight. It weighs 12 ounces approx. so that can tell you the approx weight of the fiber. This is a beautiful textile purchased in the far east in the 1950s. I believe it is pure silk but I will not test it, I'm basing this on all the other textiles I bought at the same time as this one. The weave is subtle, almost a geometric pattern. It is big enough for a sarong, but I'm not sure if that was the intent. The color of the main threads from the warp are deep indigo blue, probably a natural dye. The cross or weft threads are a shimmery gold, almost iridescent when the fabric is moved side to side so it's hard to photograph, my others didn't come out so I'll try for more later. There is a chance that the gold/greeny threads are slinky rayon but they look like stranded silk to me. Anyhow, this is exquisite and very unusual. It's one of my sacrifice sales from my collection, but in this economy paying off bills is the name of the game! Insurance is included with this piece. «»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«»«» THANK YOU FOR LOOKING! PLEASE WAIT TO PAY UNTIL INVOICED!! Please ask your questions before bidding PLEASE - CALCULATE SHIPPING COSTS BEFORE BIDDING- WE REPORT ALL UNPAID ITEMS -- WE DO NOT ACCEPT RETURNS. Important Buyer’s Information RETURNS REFUNDS Occasionally you may not be happy with your item. We’re very sorry, we do everything we can to be sure you know what you’re getting, but since this is not a typical retail store we are unable to offer returns or refunds. This is a Re-Sale Shop, everything sells AS-IS. PAYMENTS ALL PAYMENTS ARE DUE WITHIN 3 DAYS STORE HOURS & SCHEDULE I am disabled and also a 4-H & HOME-SCHOOLING MOM. I’M USUALLY ONLY ONLINE IN THE AFTERNOONS. WE TRY TO CHECK EBAY ON THE WEEKENDS, EVEN WHEN WE’RE ON VACATION, BUT OUR NORMAL WOKRING SCHEDULE IS MONDAY – FRIDAY 2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. QUESTIONS WE TRY TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS WITHIN 24 HOURS, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE NOT EASILY AVAILABLE FRIDAYEVENINGS THRU SUNDAY NIGHT. SHIPPING WE SHIP ASAP, We try very hard to ship BY the next BUSINESS day after receipt of payment, but ALWAYS WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS OF PAYMENT OR YOU’LL GET A DISCOUNT & REFUND. <... read more

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