cover image: Textile

20.500.12592/v62z2p

Textile

Research in Progress Vertical panel with large colored scene. A flowered curtain drapes across the top over a wine party with four large figures in flowered robes. Small flowering tree on the edge of a pool on the upper left side. Ground scattered with small flowering plants. In deep blue, rust, dark purple, deep golden yellow, flesh tones and dark brownish blue in black outlines on undyed ground. Wide scrolling floral border on blue ground with narrower floral borders above and below on yellow ground. Undyed band across top with floral repeats.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
19th century
Dates
19th century
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: block printed and painted (chintz)
Pages
H x W: 257 x 130 cm (8 ft. 5 3/16 in. x 51 3/16 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1953-90-21
Rights
Gift of Elizabeth Riefstahl
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/2c2693a946c13af85d1066e4292a78fc