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Manuscript cover
Indian (Jaina)
18th century
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Silk and cotton satin; mounted on cardboard
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 31.7cm (5 1/4 x 12 1/2in.)
Credit Line
Ross-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession Number17.2307
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionJaina mansucript cover of silk satin with design of alternating beige and red stripes with narrow light blue strip between each; mounted on cardboard.
Provenance1913, purchased from the library of Puj Kripa Rishi, a Jaina priest, Patti, Panjab by Ananda Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)