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1920

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1952

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Textile (sari) (India)

This is a Textile (sari). It is dated ca. 1920 and we acquired it in 1952. Its medium is silk, cotton, metallic thread (gold foil on silk core) and its technique is plain weave with discontinuous supplementary weft patterning. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was donated by Alice Baldwin Beer.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 295 × 111 cm (9 ft. 8 1/8 in. × 43 11/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile (sari) (India); silk, cotton, metallic thread (gold foil on silk core); H x W: 295 × 111 cm (9 ft. 8 1/8 in. × 43 11/16 in.); 1952-65-1

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