cover image: Textile

20.500.12592/8882m1

Textile

Research in Progress Dark purple satin ground with closely-spaced serpentines of slender branches with large conventionalized flowers, fruit, and foliage brocaded in gold metallic thread.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
19th century
Dates
19th century
Format
Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: satin weave with supplementary weft
Pages
Warp x Weft: 111.1 x 51.9 cm (43 3/4 x 20 7/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1913-13-3
Rights
Gift of Leverton Harris
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/ef04c95b1e45923a32bf70a7ea0182a2