cover image: Saree fabric

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Saree fabric

Research in Progress Length of dark red and sheer cotton with medium-scale rosettes and leaf forms in a diamond-shaped framework. Suggested by rectangles of dots, placed on four sides of each major motif. Circular vermilion circles are accented by two concentric circles of white dots. The vermilion, white, yellow circles and dots reserved from the dark red ground by tie-dye technique.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
early–mid 20th century
Dates
early–mid 20th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: tie-dyed plain weave
Pages
H x W: 205.7 x 113 cm (6 ft. 9 in. x 44 1/2 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1952-108-2
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/2297df384d97c257358535c27ea1e1fc