Seat Covers (India), ca. 1700 (CH 18390023-2)

Matching chair seat covers of fine undyed fancy cloth with tiny allover diamond diaper pattern. Hand seamed down the center and embroidered in fine multicolored silk with medium-scale varied flowering sprays that are highly detailed. Design is symmetrical around a central conventionalized pool with blade-like leaves and rows of drooping buds rising behind it and foliage extending down from it. Export style embroidery.