Very rare Indienne des Indes, Coromandel Coast, 1st quarter of the 18th century. Décor inspired by Indo-Moghul flower carpets, spread over 4 registers of large-scale roses, carnations or exotic flowers in ogival-shaped scrolls of small leaves. Extremely fine cotton canvas, painted and dyed by mordanting and reserving in black, blue, yellow-green, violet and several shades of red and pink. Probably originally intended for decoration, its re-use for the dress is suggested by the traces of needle-stitching and joining of the fragments together (see lot 408). Dim: 67 x 52, 5 cm Identical copy donated by C.Burckel to MISE 2006.46.1 Bibl : Féerie Indiennes, Des rivages de l'Inde au Royaume de France, Musée de l'Impression sur Etoffes de Mulhouse, 2009.