A KASHMIRI SHAWL-STYLE KALAMKARI HANGING
Possibly Isfahan, Qajar Iran, or India, 19th century

Of rectangular shape, the white cotton hanging painted and printed in blue, red, ochre, and black, the design reminiscent in style of a Kashmiri shawl, the ends with wide borders of long buti (paisley leaves) infilled with smaller curled leaves and minuscule flora, typical Indian birds, within multiple narrow borders, the centre with repeating rows of floral sprigs, the corners invaded by four floral buti, edged with a twisted fringe flanking the trimmed workshop signature cartouche only partially legible ('Hasan').

244cm x 130cm