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Length of silk
Indian
18th century
Object Place: Indian
Medium/Technique
Silk satin-weave with silk and gold-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
37 x 146 cm (14 9/16 x 57 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.471
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of silk satin (cotton weft, silk warp) with design of alternating lengthwise bands of cream, dark blue and orange, each with repeating pattern of flowers and leaves woven with gold-wrapped thread and green silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts; constructed of two lengths stitched together with a white satin selvedge on one side.
ProvenanceLent by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, September 30, 1913; Denman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, April 1, 1915