Fine Kashmir Embroidered Pocket with Figures, Animals and Birds: C19th Northern India decorative textile Dating from the early 1800s

Dating from the early 1800s this extremely fine woven striped silk shawl

Condition:Signs of wear commensurate with age

as you would expect in a delicate textile of this antiquity

With claret red appliquéd silk velvet crosses and central motif with star bursts which have been and studded with glass ‘jewels’

A charmingly naïve early silk and gilt work embroidery with floral motifs forming a wreath around a central depiction of two female figures

Fine Kashmir Embroidered Pocket with Figures, Animals and Birds: C19th Northern India decorative textile Dating from the early 1800sA very fine embroidered pocket dating from the mid 19th century from Kashmir, northern India. Hand embroidered with sitting figures wearing wonderful detailed costumes and encircled by a border with animals. A wonderful museum worthy piece the likes of which they have in the textile and costumes collections of The V&A London. A good excellent of this type embroidery for a collector or specialist. The pocket has been professionally stretched, mounted