 | Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, Valentine Ball - India - 1889 - 502 pages
...surrounded with beautiful rows of pearls, which are round and of fine water, and weigh from 6 to 10 carats each. At 4 feet distance from the throne there...of red velvet, and are embroidered and fringed all round with pearls. This is what I have been able to observe regarding this famous throne, commenced... | |
 | François Bernier - India - 1891 - 572 pages
...surrounded with beautiful rows of pearls, which are round and of fine water, and weigh from 6 to 10 carats each. At 4 feet distance from the throne there...height are covered with diamonds, rubies, and pearls. The umbrellas are of red velvet, and are embroidered and fringed all round with pearls. This is what... | |
 | Charles Herbert Payne - India - 1925 - 274 pages
...distance from the throne two umbrellas are fixed, on either side, Ihe sticks of which for seven or eight feet in height are covered with diamonds, rubies,...of red velvet, and are embroidered and fringed all round with pearls.1 This is what I have been able to observe regarding this famous throne, commenced... | |
 | Francois Bernier - History - 1996 - 570 pages
...surrounded with beautiful rows of pearls, which are round anil of fine water, and weigh from 6 to 10 carats each. At 4 feet distance from the throne there...height are covered with diamonds, rubies, and pearls. The umbrellas are of red velvet, and are embroidered and fringed all round with pearls. This is what... | |
 | Krishna Lal - Art, Indic - 2006 - 179 pages
...from 6 to 10 carats each. At 4 feet distance from the throne two umbrellas are fixed, on either side, the sticks of which for 7 or 8 feet in height are...and pearls. These umbrellas are of red velvet, and embroidered and fringed all round with pearls. "This is what I have been able to observe regarding... | |
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But that which in my opinion is the most costly7 thing about this magnificent throne is that the twelve columns supporting the canopy are surrounded with beautiful rows of pearls, which are round and of fine water, and weigh from 6 to 10 carats each.... 