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Fragment

Indian
Object Place: India

Medium/Technique Silk; brocade
Dimensions Height x width: 19 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (48.5 x 13 cm)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.721
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionFragment. The ground is red silk. The all over design of ovals within diamonds is of gold. On the selvedge side are several plain gold stripes.
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: March 31, 1919)

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