1927.6.10: Pashmina Fragments
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1927.6.10
- Title
- Pashmina Fragments
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215290
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- wool; twill tapestry weave, double-interlocked
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
- Accession Year
- 1927
- Object Number
- 1927.6.10
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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These fragments were woven from extremely fine wool. In the region of Kashmir, such wool was traditionally taken from the soft under-hair of the Himalayan goat. They were given to the museum by Denman Waldo Ross (d. 1935), who was a painter, art collector, and art theorist who lectured at Harvard. Many of the textiles he donated to various museums are study pieces that he believed to be the best examples of art across cultures.
Verification Level
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