A JAMUVAR SQUARE RUMAL SHAWL
Kashmir, Northern India, 19th century

Of square shape, twill tapestry-woven in strong reds and other coloured wools with an expanding starburst design around a black centre invaded by small-scale floral ferns, embroidered in yellow silk with a workshop cartouche, dominated by a white band enclosing scrolling butis in interlacing designs, with an embroidered polychrome harlequin border, 204cm x 206cm.