A fine embroidered aubergine kashmir wool Gypsy tribal pashminaIndia, circa 1890
Embroidered with thin white thread outlines enclosing brightly colored threads to form a narrow rectangular border band of flower heads on alternating yellow and turquoise reserves and further curling leaf-shaped forms worked in each interior corner, the front now a faded purple in contrast to the more vivid purple hue on the reverse.
76 x 37in (193 x 94cm)