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Painted cotton fragment
Indian
18th century
Object Place: Southern India
Medium/Technique
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 54cm (13 3/4 x 21 1/4in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Accession Number31.155
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment. Ground: white cotton. Design: small red flowers spotted over surface, in ogee framework, a border across one end with ducks and conventionalized vine in light on red ground between two bands of neutral yellow, executed by combination of painting and dyeing with mordants and resist.
ProvenanceGift from Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to the MFA, April 2, 1931