The complete object would have been intended for use as a garment (or to be made up into garments), clothng. Fragment of mashru, silk warps, cotton wefts, satin weave, warp ikat. Red stripes alternating with green and blue ikat stripes with gold-coloured silk and additional gold and black fine stripes. Fragment of mashru (silk faced, cotton-backed weave), with red, green and yellow stripes, Surat, c.1855; Textiles