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Patola fragment
Length of fabric from a woman’s wrapper (sari)
Patola fragment
Indian (Gujarati)
19th–early 20th century
Object Place: Gujarat, India
Medium/Technique
Silk plain weave, double ikat
Dimensions
Height x width: 59 1/2 x 38 in. (151.1 x 96.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession Number19.731
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDouble ikat (patola) sari with a red ground and central field of repeating pattern of three white blossoms with blue stems enclosed in interlocking diamonds framed with three rows of red and white meandering floral vines on a red or blue ground; pallu has a row of red and white lotus blossoms, each within a blue oval; lengthwise borders of red with blue and white stripes handstitched to main piece.
About six inches above the pallu there is an orange running stitch attaching a field portion of the sari to the pallu area. Other areas of the borders are attached to the field in the same way.
About six inches above the pallu there is an orange running stitch attaching a field portion of the sari to the pallu area. Other areas of the borders are attached to the field in the same way.
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)
Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.
Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.