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Delhi Embroidered Shawl
c 1840

Wonderful colours, vibrant but not garish. The pashmina is not the finest but has a good feel. Embroidered in Delhi.


Cataloguing

each end border with three upright botehs filled and surrounded with a variety of small flowerheads, using floss silks, with similar borders, the ends of the stole woven with two red stripes, 23 x 8 ft; 60 x 2.45 m


Condition

Very good. Few holes to main ivory area.