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Piece of brocade
Indian
17th–18th century
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Silk; brocade
Dimensions
Overall: 51 x 46cm (20 1/16 x 18 1/8in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number28.55
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionGround: Woven with silver thread (silver wound on white silk). Design: rows of "palms" with tips curved to the right woven with gold thread (gilded silver wound on yellow silk), detailed with a floral pattern. Outline woven with dark green and reddish orange silk.
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA, March 1, 1928