Textile / Artist Unknown, India

About this Item

Accession Number: 1930.33
Title: Textile
Artist: Artist Unknown, India
Artist Nationality: Indian
Medium and Support: cotton embroidery with inset mirrors
Object Creation Date: 19th century
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Dimensions: 31.7 cm x 16.5 cm (12 1/2 in. x 6 1/2 in.)
Century: 19th century
Physical Description: This small rectangle of fabric is a fragment, possibly the border edge, of a larger cloth of unknown function. The support is a plain-weave cotton dyed an intense red, overlaid with embroidery in many colors and with tiny, inset mirrors.
Subject Matter: embroidery
Primary Keywords: textiles
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 731 x 1367
File Size: 145 KB
Record: 1930.33
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Full citation: "Textile; Artist Unknown, India." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1930.33/1930.33.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.