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Woman's wrapper (sari)
Indian (Maharashtra)
18th century
before 1922
Object Place: Maharashtra, India
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave with discontinuous supplementary gold metallic patterning wefts and tapestry woven borders
Dimensions
Overall: 435 x 124cm (171 1/4 x 48 13/16in.)
Credit Line
Arthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession Number22.694
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSari with an orange cotton field and gold lattice formation with circles in each of the square openings (discontinuous supplementary wefts). Borders have bands of blue, green, and gold creeping vines, red, pink, and orange flowers (tapestry weave), and chevrons. Pallu is surrounded by this same motif, around a central block of gold.
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA, November `6, 1922