Research in Progress Alternation of four S-curving vines (two bamboo-like; two seaweed-like). Each vine sends out shoots alternately left and right. Textile would have been used as a dress fabric and was probably inspired by a European woven silk.
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
- Date published
- 1750–1800
- Dates
- 1750–1800
- Format
- Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for 2 reds and 2 purples applied by pen and brush; madder dyed; blue applied over resist; yellow applied by brush (chintz) on plain weave
- Pages
- H x W: 54.6 × 55 cm (21 1/2 × 21 5/8 in.)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- 1973-51-2
- Rights
- Gift of Josephine Howell
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/e266d00b75b9fb45b0bcc2dec3514ec7
