A KASHMIRI LACQUER PAPIER-MÂCHÉ BOOK COVER Kashmir, North India, 19th century  Of rectangular shape, each side finely worked in polychromes and gold highlights against a black ground with a matching design of a fantastical flowering bush, bordered by rows of small flowers, the two halves joined by a leather spine, the black interiors with a gold radiating starburst each, 33cm x 47.5cm when open.