cover image: Saree fragment

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Saree fragment

Copper-colored saree fragment has square compartments made of metallic thread that contain a single goose also in metallic thread.

Authors

Unknown

Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
probably 18th century
Dates
probably 18th century
Format
Medium: cotton, metal wrapped silk Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning
Pages
H x W: 63.5 × 78.7 cm (25 × 31 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
2022-15-4
Rights
Gift of the Estate of Naomi Whiting Towner
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/849ecaf9ee14db08ab1ef1a7c5c6e495