Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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Research in Progress Panel or blanket used as dress for women; dark red handwoven cotton, with horizontal rib, decorated with stripes brocaded in yellow, in the warp. Piece consists of …


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Research in Progress Portion of a border showing a peacock-like bird and an enormous flower.


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Research in Progress Small section of a coverlet or hanging showing parts of delicately drawn twining stems, leaves, flowers, symmetrical leaf volutes, and graduated dots, in shades of purple, red, …


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Research in Progress Sarong of light red cotton, decorated at both ends with diamond-shaped forms, small-scale flowers and star shapes in yellow and black. Same motifs repeated in the center …


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Research in Progress Offset rows of small gold blossoms on a red background.


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Research in Progress Unbleached plain weave cotton resist-printed in red, now faded to brown. Series of vertical bands with pattern reserved in ground color. Furthest left, large Kufic letters; following, …


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Research in Progress Fragments of green, yellow and red silk pieced together and embroidered in a stylized design of geometric and floral motifs.


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Research in Progress Strip of very fine sheer undyed silk plain weave with small-scale all-over design of diamonds within diamonds in diamond trellis, all drawn in line of gold dots.


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Research in Progress Shawl made of two pieces joined together and finished on the long sides with narrow green braid, and on the short sides, with yellow embroidered and fringed …