Native Name | Sari | Baluchari sari |
Object Number | 43-12-72A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian |
Provenience | India |
Period | 19th Century |
Date Made | Mid to Late 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Silk |
Technique | Brocade | Dyed | Woven |
Iconography | Floral | Human Figure | Bird | Buta | Boteh |
Description | Wine-colored Baluchari sari made of silk brocaded with supplementary patterning wefts using a jacquard loom. Cream, yellow and wine-colored silk. Border all around; wide band at one end which includes conventionalized floral borders and eighty squares each showing a seated human figure holding a flower; crosswise bands of floral motifs. |
Length | 443 cm |
Width | 109 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Mrs. Frances E. (Harry) Markoe, 1943 |
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