Dress fabric of silk satin woven with silk and metal threads.
Woven silk and metal thread, satin ground.
Deep orange ground with distinct bands of boteh and leaf shapes facing in different directions in alternate rows, all the motifs are infilled with small stylised leaves and flowers.
Warp: light red silk, Z twist.
Weft: light red silk indeterminable twist.
Metal thread: silver-gilt strip open and close S-wound on a yellow silk core, indeterminable twist.
There are two rows of pink stitching along three sides and one side has tacking stitches in deep orange. There are two lines of long basting stitches visible on the back, also in deep orange; this thread appears to be identical to the warp. The fabric originally had a backing of printed cotton which was white with a small red flower head, probably block-printed.
It may have been used, or re-made as one side of a purse or small bag.