A cover for the knuckle pad of a shield with a design of a lady and peacock. This superbly embroidered scene of a lady and a peacock is all the more remarkable as it was not intended to be seen by anyone except its owner. It would have been used inside a shield to protect the user's knuckles. Most examples are plain, and often of leather, but some other decorative ones are known. Most of the embroidered ones seem to come from Jaipur in Rajasthan. Shield accessory (knuckle pad), Jaipur (Rajasthan), ca. 1700