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Piece of brocade
Indian (Benares)
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
Height x width: 8 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. (21 x 17.5 cm)
Credit Line
Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number29.1032
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: gold, weft gold thread (gilded silver wound on orange silk) and red silk; warp, red silk. Design: all-over pattern rosettes (bútis) framed by ogival lattice (jál), woven from selvedge to selvedge with silver and gold thread, with red and black silk.
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA, September 5, 1929