A joined length of ivory silk woven with a self-coloured striped ground, brocaded in coloured silks and silk frisé with floral sprigs and garlands--19½ x 31½in. (49 x 79cm.), circa 1772-3; a small coverlet of "Anglo-Indian" embroidery worked in floss silks with a turkey red surround--30½ x 33in. (75 x 83cm.), circa 1880-1900; and four embroidered borders, early 20th century (6)

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A joined length of ivory silk woven with a self-coloured striped ground, brocaded in coloured silks and silk frisé with floral sprigs and garlands--19½ x 31½in. (49 x 79cm.), circa 1772-3; a small coverlet of "Anglo-Indian" embroidery worked in floss silks with a turkey red surround--30½ x 33in. (75 x 83cm.), circa 1880-1900; and four embroidered borders, early 20th century (6)

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