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Fragment of a curtain
Indian (Kodalaikurpur)
18th century
Object Place: Kodalaikurpur, India
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave with discontinuous gilt-metal wrapped thread warps and supplementary wefts; hand-painted and resist-dyed
Dimensions
Overall: 166 x 90 cm (65 3/8 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.1156
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment of curtain in unbleached cotton with design of stylized geometric motifs in the main field and borders in red and black hand-painted and resist-dye and woven with gold-metallic threads; mounted on heavy cotton.
Provenance1921, purchased in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: May 5, 1921)