Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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Research in Progress Block for printing textiles with a dense design of curving stems and flowers. Contemporary picture hangers attached.


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Research in Progress Oblong shawl of white Kashmir wool with wide end borders and narrow side borders in brilliant colors, mainly in a paisley motif. Border in tapestry weave with …


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Research in Progress Border fragment with five disk motifs between narrow bands of floral ornament of white, blue and silver.


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Research in Progress Curtains are composed of several different kinds of chintz, in an elaborate arrangement of patchwork, sewn to a lining of white linen. Series of bands of different …


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Research in Progress Quilt of cotton, embroidered in cotton in diagonally striped pattern, forming compartments filled with stylized circular motifs in blue, red, yellow, and green.


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Research in Progress Yellow silk satin dress embroidered with silk thread and mirrors. This dress, called an aba or abo, was made and worn by a Muslim woman in Banni, …


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Research in Progress Close-set all over design of twining flowering branches with variously shaped elaves and compound flowerheads. In bright gold ond deep purple ground. Wide twill selvage set off …


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Research in Progress Section of very fine sheer tan plain weave with close-set horizontal zig-zags of tiny gold dots, giving continuous chevron effect.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Natural coarse plain cloth ground with all-over print of small rosettes in red.