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It might have been used to line the inside of a tent. Magnificent tents were used by Mughal and Rajput nobles and royalty when on the move, hunting, on campaign or simply travelling between residences. While their outer fabrics were usually plain, they could be decorated inside with very beautiful and costly textiles, like this one.","physicalDescription":"Tent hanging of red cotton quilted and embroidered in silks. The design is duplicated  and placed within two panels. It consists of symmetrical flowering stems in pointed niches and with borders of continuous floral stems. The panel is constructed of three layers consisting of a red cotton top layer, a white felt inner layer, and a coarse white cotton backing. The flowers are embroidered in chainstitch worked with a straight needle, and the quilting is working in a running stitch. The quilting was worked first, and the chainstitching after. The evidence of the embroidery stitches from the back of the cloth suggest the panel was not stretched during the embroidery. There are remains of a green wool lining at the bottom edge of the back of the panel, and stitches worked in thick red yarn along the centre of the panel suggest the green wool lining had a pole central sleeve. 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London: V&A Publications, 1999 Number: 185177310X, 1851772944 (pbk.)","id":"AUTH332860"},"details":"p.42, pl. 24","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. <u>The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. ISBN 9787513403917.","id":"AUTH325369"},"details":"pps.162-163","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, \"The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts\", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993.","id":"AUTH346698"},"details":"p. 76, cat. no. 59","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. <u>Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion</u>. 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