Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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Research in Progress


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Very fine chevron twill in deep red. Narrow twill selvage with white silk warps.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Small symmetrical Mughal-type embroidery of sprigs in light green diagonal repeat across the grain of satin ground. Piece has apparently been dyed for ground is deep shade …


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Long rectangular field with lobed black central medallion with two dealer's marks embroidered in white silk. Great variety of intertwining floral bands and fields and very attenuated …


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Fragment of tightly spun, loosely woven cotton plain weave with all over pattern of very simple scrolling stems, carnation-like flower heads reserved on deep blue ground, with …


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Eleven silk fragments stitched together to make a narrow panel. The fabric is patterned by yellow and red stripes.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Pattern of horizontal rows of floral botehs in pink and gold on a blue ground. Textile is composed of several fragments pieced together.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Panel of brick-red cotton, embroidered in all-over star pattern in white, orange, and green. At either end wide borders embroidered in stylized leaf-pattern in orange, green, white, …


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Large, exotic flowers and curving stems in reds and blues on a red speckled background.