cover image: Textile

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Textile

Research in Progress Panel with pointed top. Natural colored ground. Lower half has two broad bands, each band having two cows with all-over design of red hand prints, on each side of central lunette enclosing figure of a man. These bands are separated by a band of lotus blossoms on water and a floral ornamental band, both of which are repeated for border at bottom. At top a pillow (?) with a peacock over it and flanked on each side by a woman carrying a bowl. Floral border repeated at top.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
19th century
Dates
19th century
Format
Medium: cotton; polychrome Technique: painted and dyed
Pages
H x W: 142 x 71.7 cm (55 7/8 x 28 1/4 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1938-26-6
Rights
Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c03015dcf045dac5b4a93d25ed18a541