The embroidery is worked in satin stitch with multi-coloured silk threads and represents flotal motifs. The ground material is in blue, and is lined with green cloth. The larger fragment is 10 cm long.
Sources:
- STEIN, Aurel (1921). Serindia: Detailed Report of Exploration in Central Asia and Westernmost China Carried Out and Described Under the Orders of H.M Indian Government, 5 vols, Oxford: The Clarendon Press.
- ZHAO, Feng (ed. 2007). Textiles from Dunhuang in UK Collections, Shanghai: Donghua University Press.
V&A online catalogue (retrieved 7th June 2017).
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