Selected South Asia Holdings

Selected South Asia Holdings

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Research in Progress Hand-woven red wild silk robe with vertical stripes of supplementary warp patterning of small geometric motifs in golden yellow, banded by narrow stripes of blue, yellow, and …


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Research in Progress Fragment of a border with symmetrical plants with scrolling leaves on a dull yellow background. Plain red band at bottom.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Lace-like curves with floral sprays and bouquets. Design is a response to European fabrics of about 1760.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Rectangular linen coverlet embroidered in yellowish silk on an off-white ground. Eight cartouches showing a mixture of European and Indian figures of hunters on horseback and on …


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Research in Progress a) Insects, abstracted mounds, and sprays of flowers tied with ribbons scattered over the ground, with an elaborate scrolling border on the left side. (b) scrolling border …


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Research in Progress Shawl with large-scale leaves. Center in light green with repeated almond shapes in pairs surrounded by floral elements. Center enframed by four outer borders of varying widths. …


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Research in Progress Off set rows of small plants with alternating face position on a red ground.


SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress The wide border, contained between two narrow guard borders with pattern of delicate flowering vine, exhibits a design of five types of palm trees – the Palmyra …


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SIL: Smithsonian Libraries

Research in Progress Export-style embroidered fragments with a design of scattered floral sprays and birds.