A MUSLIN SASH WITH RED FLOWERS
Northern India, late 19th century

Of long and narrow rectangular shape, the fine cream muslin ground plain, the borders and pallu chain-stitched and couched in red, green, yellow, and white, the pallu with four stylised flowering plants at each end, the border and inner pallu enhanced with a scrolling floral frieze, the design and style inspired by 17th-century Mughal examples, with an added fringe, and rolled hems, 336cm x 60cm excluding the fringe.

Dimensions: 336cm x 60cm excluding the fringe