A very fine gold embroidered sonket, Terengganu, Malaysia, early 20th century, with leafy vine outlined in fuschia with small white and blue flower detail, fuschia silk backing, 430 x 76.5 cmThis fine songket comes from the Malay people of the north-east coast of the Malay Peninsula. It comprises a complex weaving of Chinese pink silk brocaded with gold thread. The quantity of the gold thread used has given this textile a heaviness. The brocade work of this example is particularly fine. Inpan Selvanayagam, G., Songket: Malaysia Woven Treasure, Oxford University Press, 1990A very fine gold embroidered sonket, Terengganu, Malaysia, early 20th century, with leafy vine outlined in fuschia with small white and blue flower detail, fuschia silk backing, 430 x 76.5 cmThis fine songket comes from the Malay people of the north-east coast of the Malay Peninsula. It comprises a complex weaving of Chinese pink silk brocaded with gold thread. The quantity of the gold thread used has given this textile a heaviness. The brocade work of this example is particularly fine. Inpan Selvanayagam, G., Songket: Malaysia Woven Treasure, Oxford University Press, 1990