Intended for use as a garment, clothing. Textile, girdle, applied gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread, gold and silver wire, glass, Lucknow, ca. 1855 Girdle of medallions and swags of ribbons, decorated with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread, sequins, flattened and coiled gold and silver wire, gold and silver-coloured sequins and fringes, and tinsel decorations. There are also loops of ribbons made of flattened gold and silver wire. On a white textile ground (silk or cotton). Register describes object as 'emblem of royalty, gotahars'.