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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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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