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A Chinese “Dragon” Robe Fragment and An Indian or Kashmiri Embroidered Shawl

the fragment, dating to the 19th century, embroidered in silk and gold thread with dragons over mountain and waves on gauze, the shawl with various floral and foliate motifs on the red ground.
Height of dragon robe 45 1/2 x width 47 inches; length of floral shawl 102 inches.

Provenance:

Aline Thorold (1869-1951) m. Ernest James Wythes (1868-1949) at Copped Hall, Essex, until 1917 and The Wood House, Essex, thereafter and by descent to

Barbara Dorothy Wythes (1896-1984) m. (Francis) Guy Robert Elwes (1895-1966) at The Wood House, Essex until 1961 and Ham Spray House, Marlborough, thereafter and by descent to

Aline Mary Margaret (Elwes) McDonnell (1923-2023) m. Hubert McDonnell Jr. (1919-2004), Greenwich, Connecticut, and thence by descent

Pictured:

An 1807 engra