A banqueting sofreh, the white cotton ground printed in madder and indigo with stylised hibiscus flowers and scrolling foliage around intermittent floral rosettes, the border with a 'grace-saying' repeating couplet in elongated cartouches in Persian in Naskh calligraphy, within an outer border of a floral frieze, Indo-Persian, 19th century--106in. x 45in. (265cm x 112cm.)