cover image: Textile

20.500.12592/nxz8mm

Textile

Research in Progress Two pieces stitched together possibly for use as a bag or pouch. Purple silk ground striped horizontally in purple, red and green. Gold metallic thread creates geometric figures in extra weft over these stripes.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
19th century
Dates
19th century
Format
Medium: silk, gold metallic thread Technique: compound weave
Pages
H x W: 27.3 × 36.4 cm (10 3/4 × 14 5/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1937-35-36
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c01cd691d207a9d701b5c74c469b89b2