Cover

Table Cover

Cover (rumal) with a central panel. The border (hashiya) attached to the field (matan) is embroidered in stem stitch with cotton thread; a thin piece of woven twill trim attached to this border is edged by a thin, braided gota trim and an additional warp-faced striped silk brocade is sewn on the bias bind on all four sides of the rumal and attaches it to the red twill backing fabric. A printed, plain-weave cotton fabric comes between the front of the rumal and its red backing -- it is visible through damaged sections of the embroidered hashiya and appears to be roller-printed. The jamawar (raw fabric) has been repurposed into a rumal from multiple pieces, and in different sewing techniques that evidence multiple repairs. The design of the jamawar is done in a kani tapestry weave. The weave construction is a 2/2 weft-faced twill. The design of the jamawar consists of two alternating stripe designs: one contains two types of butas-one with a border, one without-that alternate but are facing the same direction; the other contains a trellis. The style of the butas align with examples from the early 19th century. The design of repeating arched niches embroidered on the border (hashiya) resembles designs popular for the pallu (decorative end pieces) on European-market and dorukha-style shawls from the later 19th century.