Research in Progress Coverlet with a deep red vertical central panel with a large crowned eagle in center, filling of foliage and hippocamps (horses of the sea). Warriors on foot and on horseback in arcs at each side of the lower edge. Broad guilloche border. Deep outer border of green with lobed medallion enclosing a double-headed eagle in each corner. Reversible.
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
- Date published
- 17th century
- Dates
- 17th century
- Format
- Medium: silk, cotton batting Technique: trapunto quilting
- Pages
- H x W: 230 x 263 cm (7 ft. 6 9/16 in. x 8 ft. 7 9/16 in.)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- 1955-103-3
- Rights
- Gift of Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/2a894502a6713a82a1b1ce6fc6068d43
