A VERY LONG CHINESE EMBROIDERED RED-GROUND HANGING
20th Century
Embroidered and highlighted with gold wire with a line of figures and animals including officials, attendants and dancers, gold wire characters at each end, purple and black ground borders, overall size 42cm by approx. 481cm, brass hanging pole
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Provenance: Hylda and Lewis Gilbert, Sheldrake Place, London.
Lewis Gilbert (d.2018), the celebrated film director, producer and
screenwriter, best known for his 007 James Bond movies and Alfie.
Condition Report: Some lifting of threads and wires, particularly to the characters on the left hand side. Several of the straps attaching the hanging to the pole have broken
