Fragment of cotton dress fabric embroidered with coloured silks and strips of silver-gilt wire. The pattern is composed of horizontal rows of a repeated poppy plant bearing three salmon-tinted flowers, buds and serrated leaves in two shades of green. Worked in Sindhi stitch and outlined by couched strips of silver-gilt wire. FRAGMENTS OF DRESS FABRIC Cotton, embroidered with silk floss and metal-wrapped thread Mughal 1700-50 IM.54-1924 Given by N.H. Heeramaneck Muslin, hand-drawn, printed and dyed, with applied gold leaf Hyderabad, Deccan 18th century IM.50-1924 Given by N.H. Heeramaneck These fragments of floral dress fabric came from the textile stores of the Nizams of Hyderabad. The first Nizam was the Mughal governor of Hyderabad, and Mughal styles heavily influenced Hyderabad’s court culture. The Nizams ruled Hyderabad independently from 1724 to 1948. In that time they amassed one of the richest textile collections in the world. [01/08/2017] Fragment of dress fabric, cotton, embroidered with silk floss and metal-wrapped thread, Mughal (probably Delhi), c.1700-50; Textiles; Clothing