Selected South Asia Holdings

Research in Progress Length of red silk embroidered in all-over repeated floral motif in white and dark blue silk. Along one border repreated open flowers in double row.

Research in Progress Dress front of yellow satin embroidered in red, blue, and tan silk and glass. Yoke in pattern of crossing diagonal lines with a small piece of glass …

Research in Progress Fragment of tightly spun, loosely woven cotton plain weave with flowering boughs drawn in aubergine and crudely colored with red and deep blue.

Research in Progress Simple floral motif within a grid of S-shapes and rosettes. White design on blue ground.

Research in Progress Red cotton embroidered in floss silk in green, orange, yellow, dark blue, violet, and red. Field with allover checkerboard arrangement of star-like rosettes with narrow geometric borders …

Research in Progress Firm cerise twill ground brocaded in gold with fairly close-set oval medallions formed of stylized flowering tree.

Research in Progress Printed or drawn pattern on yellow satin embroidered in floss silk of a variety of colors embellished with mirrors. Series of borders containing floral vines, blossoms and …

Research in Progress Square woven shawl with a red ground and multicolored design in pink, orange, green, blue, purple, and white. A taupe eight-pointed star in the center is surrounded …

Research in Progress Design of vines and flowers. The outer parts of the design are vertically symmetrical; the central motifs are not. Indian adaption of a European woven fabric.

Research in Progress Dark purple satin ground with closely-spaced serpentines of slender branches with large conventionalized flowers, fruit, and foliage brocaded in gold metallic thread.