A KASHMIRI SHAWL WITH COPPER GREEN CENTRE Kashmir, North India, 19th century  Of oblong proportions, twill tapestry-woven in coloured fine wools with dominant borders of long butis infilled with floral sprigs around a large rectangular verdigris centre invaded by bent butis in all four corners, and a fine border of stylised vegetal motifs; typically woven in different sections, invisibly mended together by rafugars, the harlequin borders to protect the end fringes; 313 x 140cm.