cover image: Textile

20.500.12592/bbj3gh

Textile

Research in Progress Stripes and flowers on white background. Exotic blossoms with different fillings swirling over 2 different stripes.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
18th century
Dates
18th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for black, reds and purple applied by pen and brush over resist; madder dyed; blue applied over resist by immersion; yellow applied by brush; chintz on plain weave
Pages
Warp x Weft (a): 50.2 x 50.8 cm (19 3/4 x 20 in.) Warp x Weft (b): 52.7 x 11.1 cm (20 3/4 x 4 3/8 in.) Repeat: 55.9 x 43.2 cm (22 x 17 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1973-51-58-a,b
Rights
Gift of Josephine Howell
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/12be517dd65e593034d4e66b7f842e2e