Hangings like this would have decorated the inside of luxurious tents used by Mughal rulers and nobility while travelling or on hunting expeditions. Such textiles were also used by other rulers, as is the case with this example. It was, at one stage, in the possession of the maharajas of Amber (in modern-day Rajasthan) and, when their capital moved to Jaipur in 1727, would have been held in the palace storehouses there. The Jaipur stores have yielded some of the most important Indian textiles now found in the world’s museums. The major dispersal of textiles and carpets from Jaipur took place early in the 20th century, and the V&A acquired this piece from a London dealer in 1928.