THE QUEEN’S INDIAN SHAWLS.
The Queen’s stock of Indian shawls, which she receives for wedding present purposes, has run out. Doubtless a new supply will be forthcoming as soon as possible, but there is just a chanoe that her Majesty may be forced, for a while at least, to hit upon an alternative form of gift. These shawls do not cost Her Majesty anything, as she every year receives a consignment of them from one of the feudatory Indian Princes. They are exquisite fabrics, made of the very finest silk, and of such delicate structure that they can be drawn bodily through a wedding ring. The selling value of each of them is something between seventy and eighty guineas. The recipient of the royal shawls treasures them up of course, never profaning the gifts by devoting them to the normal purposes of shawls.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume VII, Issue 2, 10 January 1891, Page 16
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143THE QUEEN’S INDIAN SHAWLS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume VII, Issue 2, 10 January 1891, Page 16
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