Research in Progress Light reddish-brown saree with a wide border at each end and a narrow border on each side in silk and metallic thread. The end borders are patterned by ten flowering bushes or "butah" on a gold background. Two narrow floral vine borders with a gold background at top and bottom. Colors are dark blue, medium blue, red, pink, orange, and green.
- Collection
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
- Date published
- late 19th–early 20th century
- Dates
- late 19th–early 20th century
- Format
- Medium: cotton, silk, metallic thread Technique: plain weave with areas of double-interlocked tapestry weave with narrow bands of extra weft-floats and complementary warp floats
- Pages
- H x W: 326 x 167 cm (10 ft. 8 3/8 in. x 5 ft. 5 3/4 in.)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- 1969-62-2
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/aa2682d3a182f790436b9e35199db0b1
