This sumptuous shawl was woven from silk with gold and silver threads, with a floral repeat and floral borders on a gold ground. This type of restrained pattern was admired by reformers trying to improve standards of design in Britain. Shawl, woven silk, brocaded with a floral repeat in the field in gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped threads, the border has flower motifs, floral meanders and chevron designs. Textile, shawl, woven silk, gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread brocade, Ahmedabad, ca. 1850