cover image: Textile

20.500.12592/gwk36g

Textile

Research in Progress Curving vines with alternately symmetrical bouquets. Isolated motifs of animals, birds and plants.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
1750–1800
Dates
1750–1800
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for black, 2 reds, 2 purples, and brown applied by pen or brush; madder dyed; blue painted over resist; yellow painted by brush, (chintz) on plain weave
Pages
H x W: 55 × 39.5 cm (21 5/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-11
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/c31bfe5c9c5ed4c3995c242b5676e8e3