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Band (facing from brocade19.719)

Indian
19th century
Object Place: India

Medium/Technique Printed cotton
Dimensions Height x width: 17 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (44.8 x 5.7 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.1383
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionDense, all-over pattern showing red, yellow, violet and blue flowers with green leaves and black stems on mottled red and white ground. One small hole.
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: July 17, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.