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Length of embroidered cotton
Indian (for the European market)
1725–50
Object Place: Coromandel Coast, India
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain-weave embroidered with silk, hand-painted
Dimensions
Overall: 93 x 170cm (36 5/8 x 66 15/16in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot
Accession Number59.579
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength of unbleached plain-weave cotton with chinoiserie design of full branches, pairs of birds, flowers and butterflies embroidered, mostly in chain-stitch, with polychrome silk yarns; hand-painted accents in blue; probably unfinished as inked ground design of spiral shapes in unembroidered.
ProvenanceGift from Mrs. Samuel Cabot, September 27, 1959