An Indian metal thread and pearl-embroidered prayer cap (topi)
North India, 19th Centuryof typical form, decorated in dense high-relief seed pearl embroidery with large floral and foliate motifs on purple velvet, the motif outlines and thin curling vines in low-relief silver zardozi thread, the inner lining of light green silk with the underside embroidered in green thread with a spray of flower buds inside a circular border
7.3 cm. high; approx. circumference 55 cm.
An Indian metal thread and pearl-embroidered prayer cap (topi)
North India, 19th Centuryof typical form, decorated in dense high-relief seed pearl embroidery with large floral and foliate motifs on purple velvet, the motif outlines and thin curling vines in low-relief silver zardozi thread, the inner lining of light green silk with the underside embroidered in green thread with a spray of flower buds inside a circular border
7.3 cm. high; approx. circumference 55 cm.
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