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Embroidered cover
Indian, Gujerat, for the Portuguese market
late 17th century
Object Place: India (probably)
Medium/Technique
Silk satin embroidered in silk
Dimensions
Overall: 193 x 273cm (76 x 107 1/2in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Noreen M. Newbold
Accession Number1998.587
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRectangular bed cover of dark blue silk satin embroidered in chain stitch with polychrome silk with design of central medallion and outer borders intersecting at corners; female personifications of the five senses, dressed in latest fashion of the mid-17th century, depicted in center of medallion and four corners, field and borders embroidered with hunters in a gardern and exotic birds; narrow fringe; lined with natural plain-weave cotton.
ProvenanceBy 1929, Thomas Jefferson Newbold, Boston; by descent to his son, Thomas Newbold (b. 1916 - d. 1996), Boston; from Mr. Newbold to his wife, Noreen M. Newbold (b. 1923 - d. 2011); 1998, gift of Mrs. Newbold to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 27, 1999)