Antique Hand Embroidered Copy of a Safavid Garden Embroiderey: C20th Kashmir, India is 19th century bodice probably France

probably France

couched metallic threads with silk thread embroidery worked onto a garnet red silk satin ground

nothing detrimental to the piece as a whole

this was possibly once part of an ecclesiastical banner hanging in a church

Turban cloth 2: pink and white with coloured stripe: 14m X 15

Antique Hand Embroidered Copy of a Safavid Garden Embroiderey: C20th Kashmir, India is 19th century bodice probably FranceProduced by Kashleen Fabrics, a workshop based in Kashmir, India, this fine wool and silk embroidery is a copy of a 16th century Safavid Persian garden embroidery. They have a 16th century textile with a very similar design in the V&A, London, from which we believe this has been copied, please see photos. This panel has been embroidered in tambour work chain stitch using fine wools and silks. It has depictions of young men standing in a flower strewn