Set of four luncheon napkins of white cotton batiste with shadow embroidery; square napkins with one corner featuring an elephant and opposite corner features a man leading a camel; edges have open-work hemstitch. Goes with matching Tea Cloth (1933.002.004).
Scarf of pale green and cerise silk batiste with Bandhani tie-dye designs of blue, red and white dots; sheer gossamer fabric has gathered wrinkled texture from the tie-dye; main body is green with cerise ends.
Handkerchief (Chamba Rumal) of fine natural muslin embroidered in soft colorful silks with three centered figures of Hindu Deities with floral motifs, bird, animal, plant motifs scattered throughout; embroidery is identical on both sides; figures and animals are framed in a square of cross stitch; other motifs are blocked within cross stitch frames; overall cross stitch forms a tic-tac-toe design; drawn lines of vines have not been embroidered; edges of square textile have been stitched in different colors of the embroidery; silk colors of blue, yellow, brown, orange and white appear to have been vegetable dyed.
Tea Cloth of white cotton voile with shadow embroidery of a plant motif at center surrounded by a circle of alternating elephants and a man leading a camel; camels are positioned in each corner of the square with a circle embroidered in between the corner and the camel; hemstitched edges; square shape. Goes with set of four napkins (1933.002.005 a,b,c,d).
Textile width of teal cotton tied in a tube for the process of dying; one end has been partially untied to show the design effect; colors of teal, red, eggplant and natural unbleached white.
