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Kashmir Embroidered
Third quarter 19th c

The finest pashmina, beautiful colour with very nice quality embroidery. Highly wearable. Light and warm.


Cataloguing

The fine turquoise pashmina woven in a herringbone weave, each corner with a large boteh filled with smaller botehs, flowers and leaves, the border 2 1/4 in; 6 cm similarly embroidered, short fringe



5ft 6 in; 1.67 m sq


Condition

Two small moth holes to the edge and a larger one 1/2 in; 1.5 cm to central field.  Also one small yellow pinhead size mark close to the hole. When folded into a triangle these would not show.