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Summary
English: Fragment (India), 19th century
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| Artist |
Unknown artist
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| Title |
English:
Fragment (India), 19th century
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| Description |
English:
Off-white cotton sheer ground with embroidered design of a stylized floral spray with two large blossoms and numerous small ones curving to the left. The vines are executed in gold foil strips, the small flowers in gilt sequins, and the leaves in beetle elytra.
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| Date | 19 th century | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | cotton ground, beetle elytra, gold foil strips, gilt sequins, gold metal-wrapped silk thread. technique: embroidery with beetle wings cut and sewn on and sequins sewn on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 24.2 x 17.3 cm (9 1/2 x 6 13/16 in. ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Textiles
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| Accession number |
1931-43-20
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| Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929. |
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | |