cover image: Fragment

20.500.12592/dhpbpb

Fragment

Research in Progress Figural groups from Burmese iconography, in close-set vertical repeat about 16" high. Blue ground, right half textured with tiny white dots and left half with faint yellow bars suggesting architectural framework. Reds browns, and tans. two wide cloth selvedges with double warps.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
early 19th century
Dates
early 19th century
Format
Medium: cotton, vegetable dyes Technique: printed
Pages
H x W: 79 x 77 cm (31 1/8 x 30 1/4 in.) Repeat H: 40.6 cm (16 in.)
Place Discussed
India Burma
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1956-65-1
Rights
Purchased from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/6267979304e0835afb3e6614a76e2d9b