Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c38.62

c38.62

PLATE XXX. EMBROIDERY.
1. Small betel-bag, fine red cotton embroidered in blue and yellow silk. Length 8 1/4 inches. Author’s collection. See p. 238.
2. Embroidery on white cotton, copy of part of an embroidered jacket (heṭṭaya), said to have been used by a queen in the eighteenth century. See p. 239.
3. Ispayya, embroidered cap, with quilted flaps, worked with coloured silks. Lent by Mr. T. B. Keppiṭipola. See p. 239.