Advanced Search 
Embroidered cotton
Indian
early 19th century
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain-weave with silk and cotton embroidery, drawn-work
Dimensions
Overall (diameter): 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
George Augustus Goddard Fund
Accession Number22.702
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionA circular piece of cream plain-weave cotton with design of intertwining vines, leaves and flowers in drawn-work and embroidered with cream colored silk and outlined with white cotton chain-stitch embroidery, probably the back of a bonnet.
ProvenancePurchased from Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy by the MFA, November 16, 1922