cover image: Fragment

20.500.12592/7p1n8q

Fragment

Research in Progress Textile fragment with yellow silk embroidered on a natural cotton ground. Design showing three horizontal bands of scrolls, a double-headed eagle, dragon-headed scrolls, perching birds, hunters with muskets, and men on horseback.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
17th century
Dates
17th century
Format
Medium: silk on cotton Technique: embroidered on plain weave
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1971-50-74
Rights
Bequest of Marian Hague
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/f643fa5ca01f58823100191521da56a9