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Indian
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Silk; embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 52 x 252cm (20 1/2 x 99 3/16in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Virginia H. Salisbury
Accession Number13.2794
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionThe ground is of red camel's hair. On the ends are worked with light and dark blue, yellow, yellowish green, pink, red, white and black silk, wide floral bands. These are edged by narrower bands through which runs an undulating dentated line of dark blue and white. In each curve is a flower surrounded by bands of conventional leaves suggesting palm forms. In each corner of the main field is a palm form.
ProvenanceBequest from Mrs. Virginia H. Salisbury to the MFA, September 4, 1913