brocaded, 1800s, Persian; Flowers Woven silk and cotton brocaded with silk and metal thread Displayed behind glass. White silk warp; white cotton ground weft. Brocading wefts: green, red and yellow silk and silver-gilt strip S-wound on a white silk core. White ground with offset rows of a floral motif: green and yellow leaves almost interlacing at the bottom with a mass of flowerheads in worn metal thread outlined in red.