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Length of silk (kalabatun)
Indian (Andhra Pradesh)
18th century
Object Place: Andhra Pradesh, India
Medium/Technique
Silk satin-weave ground with silk and gold- and silver-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
Dimensions
Overall: 75 x 111cm (29 1/2 x 43 11/16in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number28.54
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of red silk satin with design of rows of repeating cone-shaped plants (kalka), with gold discs above and below each, in silver thread (silver wound on white silk), and gold thread (gilded silver wound on yellow silk), reddish orange, dark and lighter green silk discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts; two gold lines along red and green selvedge.
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA, March 1, 1928