KUBA REGION, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Like the previous lot in the present sale, this soumac is finely executed and bears a similar three band border which includes the characteristic blue and ivory 'wave-pattern' outer border seen on north east Caucasian flatweaves throughout the nineteenth century. In his discussion on the group, Raoul Tschebull suggests that this border has no obvious Caucasian textile antecedent, and may be derived from earlier metalwork, ceramics or Chinese textiles, (R. Tschebull, 'Zeikhur', HALI, Issue 62, April 1992, p.89).