cover image: Fragment

Fragment

Research in Progress Small section of all-over small repeat of eight ducks or hamsas marching around a 16-lobed rosette representing a lotus; other smaller rosettes in interspaces. In broad line reserve on deep pink ground; touches of purplish brown - feet, wings, bills, topknots of ducks, parts of rosettes.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: resist-dyed on plain weave with madder and various mordants
Pages
H x W: 15.5 x 9.5 cm (6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
Place Discussed
India Egypt
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1954-52-3
Rights
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/6b5bf714019f56462f4e5d0ecc9cf9c4