Large polychrome embroidery with red background, Chamba Rumal featuring Krishna and gopis, India, 19th century Raspberry-colored silk weave embroidered with polychrome silk threads of a central medallion showing the god Krishna playing the flute and surrounded by gopis and a woman. Around this medallion, a symmetrical design of floral stems, followed by a frieze of birds with outstretched wings, surmounted by three almond-shaped medallions decorated with flowers. The composition is encircled by a frieze of flowers linked by a thin wavy stem decorated with foliage. Framed. 43 x 67 cm (unframed) Wear, a few stains and small chips, broken frame glass. Provenance: Former collection of a Paris researcher (Part I).