AN INDIAN METAL THREAD-EMBROIDERED PLUM VELVET... Lot 42

AN INDIAN METAL THREAD-EMBROIDERED PLUM VELVET FAN AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Northern India, second half 19th century The joined axe-like, crescentic panel of plum cotton velvet raise-worked in metallic threads and spangles with a central fish-scale motif encased within a scrolling floral spray with rosettes and foliage, with a chequered grid on the spine, edged in metal fringe, mounted on a chased silver sheet-lined wooden stem, 41.5cm x 22.5cm.