Metallic Gold Burgundy Embroidery Brocade Ceremonial Songket DamaskTextile SG47

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Textiles of the past: All handmade from the hand spinning to the hand weaving to the hand embroideredneedlework: minute time-consuming intricate and perfect embroidery motifs! Takes long months to achieve, sometimes years! Never 2 of those prized cloths are alike! This is a unique authentic collector dowry textile that belonged to Balinese royalty, hard to find today especially older ones and in this good a condition. Handmade dowry textiles are passed from one generation to the next and used mostly for ceremonial purposes because of their worth. They attest to the wealth of the owner. Scroll down for further information on this one of a kind textile Museum Quality Old Handwoven Hand embroidered Metallic Brocade Woman Wedding Songket with Gold silver Embroidery. Belonged to Balinese nobility. Handspun silk and cotton blend and Gold threads on burgundy background Collected in Singaraga: we were told it was 100 years old at the time by the owner, we saw 15 small holes, looks like it is in fine condition otherwise. It was made on a medium loom and consists of 2 pieces sewn together to make a full sarong, the seam is seen in the middle. Our retail was over 1,000.00 Size is large: 62" x 43 1/2". SG47 This is a bargain that was part of our private collection and now for sale at a fraction of its value. Few costumes in the world have the dignified elegance of the ceremonial costume of a noblewoman: the underskirt dragging on the ground in a train of silk and gold; the torso, bound from the hips to the armpits; first is a strong bulang, a strip of cloth covered by a sabuk, another strip of silk overlaid, and gold leaf and gold plugs through her ears. We are closing our doors so everything has been reduced! Check Dominique Rice Oceania Store in Sun Sentinel Newspaper, Fort Lauderdale, for information on our collection and authentic art. Check my “Me” page on ebay (next to the star with my number of transactions) for valuable information about all we carry besides what is currently listed since we do not have time to list everything at once and will add these other items as time permits . If you have any questions, contact us or call for documents and further information on pieces. All our collector and rare items come with pages and pages of research about provenance, and with history of the tribes and photos as well, depending on item and whenever possible. When shipping internationally, we group ship multiple purchases to save you money, and find the best rates which ebay often fails to calculate right. If you have any questions or want to see research conducted on this piece and photos of tribes, email or call us. We have artifacts and architectural accents up to 10 ft tall that we will put on upon request because shipping has to be calculated accordingly with trucking company. Inventory number 47 Songket is a fabric that belongs to the family of brocade textiles. It is hand woven in silk or cotton, and intricately patterned with gold or silver threads. The metallic threads stand out against the background cloth to create a shimmering effect. In the weaving process the metallic threads are inserted in between the silk or cotton weft (latitudinal) threads. The term songket comes from the Malay Indonesian word sungkit, which means "to hook". It has something to do with the method of songket making; to hook and pick a group of threads, and then slip the gold threads in it. The word menyongket means "to embroider with gold or silver threads":. Songket is a luxury product traditionally worn during ceremonial occasions as sarong, shoulder cloths or head ties. Tanjak or Songket headdresses were worn at the courts of the Malay Sultanates and nobility. Traditionally women and adolescent girls wove songket and traditionally-patterned textiles embodied a system of interpretable emblems to the few that were able to create them and wear them. From our priv... read more

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