Early 19th century
Sample of the border from a Kashmir shawl. It is decorated with an intricate design of stylised flowers and tiny paisley (buteh) motifs. The design is finely embroidered in various shades of red blue and black.
TRC 2021.1223
Paisley shawl sample
Textile Research Centre
Wool
Hand woven (twill) cloth hand embroidered (straig stith satin stitch fly stitch chain stitch)