The banner enriched with color, with seal for 'Working Men's Education Union, 25 King William St., London' and stamp 'M63' (35 x 46 in.); the first depicting Maharaja Baroda, the second Maharaja Jhalwar (each 12 x 11 in.); together with a textile fan embroidered with two peacocks (22 x 26 in.), a white muslin runner (36 x 80 in.), a fragment with red flowers (4 x 22 in.), a circular hookah mat with beaded edge (15 in. diam.), and a square cotton scarf embroidered with silk check pattern (25 x 25 in.)
Provenance: The banner: Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Westminster S.W.
The cigarette cards: Christie's London, 21 January 1983, lot 81.
The fan: Navin Kumar, 1984.
The muslin, hookah mat, and square scarf: J. Mittal.
Condition: Each with various stains and some pulls to fabric. The hookah mat with some loose beads. Various expected wear.,