TWO PASY KONTUSZOWE (POLISH SASHES)
Lot 716

TWO PASY KONTUSZOWE (POLISH SASHES)

THE FIRST WOVEN BY PASCHAL JAKUBOWICZ AND THE SECOND IN SLUCK, POLAND, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed1 October 2014

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GBP 10,000

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TWO PASY KONTUSZOWE (POLISH SASHES)
THE FIRST WOVEN BY PASCHAL JAKUBOWICZ AND THE SECOND IN SLUCK, POLAND, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The first of silver cloth woven overall with shell diaper panels, the ends with two floral sprays within a flowering border, with 'Pachalis Jakubowicz' woven to each corner; the second of cloth of silver, the ends woven with floral sprays; with 'Sluck' woven to one end
The first 118 in. (300 cm.) long; the second 129 in. (330 cm.) long

Specialist note

Paschalis refers to the Lipkow factory of Armenian weaver Paschal Jakubowicz, active in the 1790s; Sluck refers to the town housing the factory founded by Prince Michael Casimir Radziwill in 1758.