Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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circular with deep well surrounded by a band of repousse and chased floral and vine decoration, standing on three elephant feet


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Research in Progress Strip of very fine, loosely woven terra-cotta cotton plain weave with minute close-set diagonal repeat of flower sprig with pair of leaves and gold dot filling blossom, …


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Research in Progress Rich and involved design of flowers and cords in reds, blue, purple, black and green on a khaki background.


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Research in Progress Rectangular door frame, carved in teak with oak leaves. Transferred from Mr. Carnegie's Bedroom to Collections during restoration of mansion; August 1974- September 1976.


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Research in Progress Scattered floral sprigs and birds. Indian adaptation of European pattern. As design is hand drawn repeat is irregular.


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Research in Progress Two yellow cotton lengths tied and dyed red (with direct application of light blue for green) to create an all-over pattern of yellow and green dots on …


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Research in Progress Irregular fragment of a large scale design with tree trunk, flowers and large leaves.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Tree trunk with exotic blossoms and birds. Part of a larger piece.


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Research in Progress Square patchwork shawl with a square center containing four squares that are red, green, violet and blue. Each is isolated by black bands. The primary emphasis is …