embroidered net, 1800s, PersianLacis, silk net embroidered with silk.
Double-sided embroidery on hand-made dark brown silk net. There is a 3-part border with a line of yellow and dark orange chevrons either side of three lines of pattern which create red and dark orange and white and dark orange crosses on a green and light green ground. The central area has a directional design of green and light green straight stems, one with small pink and white flowers alternate with a larger one with 3 tri-lobed flowers in dark brown, yellow, pink and red. There are small white blossoms filling the ground and there are 8 small blue and light blue rectangles along the bottom.