2004.131: Embroidered border fragment with birds and flowers
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2004.131
- Title
- Embroidered border fragment with birds and flowers
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- c. 1750
- Places
- Creation Place: South Asia, India, Gujarat
- Period
- Mughal period
- Culture
- Indian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/56611
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Chain stitch embroidery of silk thread on unbleached cotton.
- Dimensions
- 41.9 × 214.6 cm (16 1/2 × 84 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Welch, Jr. in memory of Gweneth Knight
- Accession Year
- 2004
- Object Number
- 2004.131
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Border Fragment
Unbleached Cotton with Silk thread
Chain Stitch Embroidery
Gujarat, India first half of the 18th century
Possibly made for the European market
Verification Level
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