cover image: Textile

20.500.12592/95373f

Textile

Research in Progress a) Insects, abstracted mounds, and sprays of flowers tied with ribbons scattered over the ground, with an elaborate scrolling border on the left side. (b) scrolling border only. In black on a white ground.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Technique: mordant for black painted by brush, then dyed; chintz on plain weave
Pages
Warp x Weft (a): 49 x 51 cm (19 5/16 x 20 1/16 in.) Warp x Weft (b): 32.5 x 10 cm (12 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-72-a,b
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/67255d7b5cfe96bf89a3ddba972367f8