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Embroidered Shwe Chi Doe tapestry Representing the king and his wife. It is made up of different types of fabrics (wool, cotton, velvet, felt) sewn with golden threads, decorated with brass washers, translucent glass beads and chain stitch embroidery. These tapestries adorned the walls of the houses of high-ranking people or various small palaces. The embroidered tapestries (Shwe Chi Doe) were called kalaga (curtain) by the English. This tapestry is presented in a very beautiful frame, in very good condition. Burma (Myanmar)
End of the 19th century
long frame 80 x high 80 cm
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