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Textile

Research in Progress Sash of yellow handwoven cotton with woven pattern in warp direction in black, red, pink, green, dark blue and stripes in geometric design of stylized floral pattern, bars and stripes and ornamental fillets with the swastika (which symbolizes good fortune when it points right). An endless warp with unpatterned section to cut for fringe.
Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection Textiles Department
Date published
1962–1963
Dates
1962–1963
Format
Medium: cotton Technique: woven
Pages
L x W: 246 × 26 cm (8 ft. 7/8 in. × 10 1/4 in.)
Place Discussed
India
Provider
Smithsonian Institution
Published in
India
Reference
1966-81-3
Source
Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/67c496e1cecf660ae3470ba0df1d82de