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Textile

Research in Progress Very close-set stylized gold leaf repeats on tobacco brown coarse satin ground. Wide satin selvage with double warps set off by two stripes formed by metallic weft floats.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
1900–1925
Dates
1900–1925
Format
Medium: silk, silver gilt tinsel on silk core Technique: compound satin weave
Pages
H x W: 6 × 18 cm (2 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1952-105-58
Rights
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. G. Glen Gould
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/943a7dec993c24bb6a1e69a50b4c1a38