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Fragment of a tent hanging
Indian (perhaps Jaipur)
Mughal
about 1630–40
Object Place: Jaipur, India
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain-weave embroidered with silk and couched gold-wrapped threads.
Dimensions
Overall: 182.2 x 84.5cm (71 3/4 x 33 1/4in.)
Top and bottom borders approximately 5" wide
Side border approx 2.75" wide
Top and bottom borders approximately 5" wide
Side border approx 2.75" wide
Credit Line
Gift of John Goelet
Accession Number66.861
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionA vertical fragment, consisting primarily of repeated sprigs of pink and green flowers, perhaps roses. Similar flowers appear singley, interspersed with the sprigs and in repeated patterns along the top and bottom borders and in a narrow border on the left side. An inverted V at the top defines a unit of wall space, similar to an architectural niche, that was most likely repeated throughout the larger hanging or series of hangings that defined the walls of a large tent.
Textile shows remnants of tabs on back, likely used for hanging.
Textile shows remnants of tabs on back, likely used for hanging.
Provenance1966, Nasli Heeramaneck (b. 1902 - d. 1971) and Alice Heeramaneck (b. 1910 - d. 1993), New York. 1966, John Goelet, Amblainville (Oise) France; 1966, gift of Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1966)