cover image: Textile

20.500.12592/340n61

Textile

Research in Progress Close-set horizontal repeat of diagonal flowering branches. Scrolling leaf and bud, guard band with decorated gaurd strip above and below. In bright turquoise, purples and green on a cream-colored ground. Long upper edge is plain selvedge; lower edge is narrow green twill selvedge with brown warps.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
early 20th century
Dates
early 20th century
Format
Medium: silk warp, wool weft Technique: interlocking twill tapestry weave
Pages
H x W: 12.5 × 5.5 cm (4 15/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1952-105-73
Rights
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Glen Gould
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/97e8f010982a2da96cab4f5a2a8374cf