. "Silk warp ikat, plain weave; made from two separate loom pieces one of which has been reversed, placed alongside the first panel and roughly stitched to it so that there is a series of stripes running down both long edges. There are white, red and blue stripes either side of a wider yellow stripe. The main ikat pattern has heavily stylised, directional cartouche forms which run in alternate direction on the two panels. There is a series of bands in red, yellow and blue across the top and bottom, 14.5 cm deep. The top and bottom edges have been rolled and stitched. Colours: white, red, blue, green, yellow, purple\n\nPaper label pinned on. Ink inscription \u2018Sawlivar [or Shawlwar] Made at Korasan. Esteemed for ladies drapes. ??Tissue Woven Silk?? The piece 38 Rupes.\u2019 \nAdded pencilled note: \u2018Yezd\u2019 and two illegible words with the figure \u201890\u2019. There is also an ink inscription in Farsi reading \u2018shawlvar\u2019 and \u2018Khurasan\u2019."@en . . .