Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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Research in Progress Tall rectangular box with domed sliding cover, with ring in center from which a hand-shaped pendant is suspended on a chain. On sides, two lozenge-shaped pendants suspended …


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Border of cream colored cotton, tabby weave, embroidered in colored silks in chain stitch. Naturalistic floral vine in reds, greens, blues, yellows, pattern shows European influence.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Pillow-cover made of strips of linen and cotton, in red, blue, brown, yellow, and backed by a striped linen; lined in blue cotton. Strips forming the face …


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Research in Progress Floral stripe at left; chevron stripe in the middle; floral medallions at right. A painted adaption of a European block printed cotton.


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Research in Progress Fragment of cotton printed rather sloppily with small allover trellis pattern that encloses a rosette design, in red and black on natural ground. To judge from over-lapping, …


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SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Pieced panel in off-white printed in red, blue and black in a pattern of floral tendrils overset with a trellis made of small rosettes.


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SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress All-over floral vine pattern in black, two reds, blue and yellow on an ivory ground. Glazed. Reproduction of 18th century style.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Four fragments of a large design of flowering branches on a white ground.