Wall Hanging

43-12-159

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 43-12-159
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Section Asian
Materials Cotton | Silk
Technique Embroidered | Phulkari | Woven | Sewn
Iconography Diamond
Description

Three widths sewn together. White cotton divided into diamonds by green silk thread. Deep rose silk couched-on in rectilinear design in each corner of each diamond. Occasional substitution of green or yellow silk. Workmanship and spacing extremely uneven.

Length 278 cm
Width 131 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Frances E. (Harry) Markoe, 1943

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