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1998

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Textile (India)

This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 1720–30 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is cotton and its technique is painted with mordants and dyed on plain weave (chintz). It is a part of the Textiles department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, General Acquisitions Endowment, General Acquisition and Textile Funds, Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, Pauline Cooper-Noyes, and Au Panier Fleuri Funds and through gifts of Mrs. John Innes Kane, L'Antiquaire, Inc., Anonymous Donor, Mrs. Cecil Sherman Baker, McMillen, Inc., Miss Elinor Merrell, J.P. Morgan, and through bequest of Mrs. Josephine Howell.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft: 412 x 120.5 cm (162 3/16 x 47 7/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Textile (India); cotton; Warp x Weft: 412 x 120.5 cm (162 3/16 x 47 7/16 in.); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, General Acquisitions Endowment, General Acquisition and Textile Funds, Sarah Cooper-Hewitt, Pauline Cooper-Noyes, and Au Panier Fleuri Funds and through gifts of Mrs. John Innes Kane, L'Antiquaire, Inc., Anonymous Donor, Mrs. Cecil Sherman Baker, McMillen, Inc., Miss Elinor Merrell, J.P. Morgan, and through bequest of Mrs. Josephine Howell; 1998-25-1

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