cover image: Fragment

20.500.12592/qtgtd6

Fragment

Research in Progress Unbleached cotton cloth resist-printed in two shades of blue. Fragment of a motif, more or less circular, reserved in ground color. Center: vine pattern curving inward to frame actively curved foliage ("raisins a appendice") and part of a palm leaf on fan-shaped leaf in profile. Small segment of a curved border shows remains of bands in lighter blue.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
12th–13th century
Dates
12th–13th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: resist-printed on plain weave
Pages
H x W: 14 x 16 cm (5 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India Egypt
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1959-105-4
Rights
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/4a3949f7a84ebe59277f391834b08152