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Wide curtain

late 17th century
Object PlaceGujarat, India
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain-weave, hand-painted, mordant and resist-dyed; silk damask lining
DimensionsOverall: 257.5 x 246cm (101 3/8 x 96 7/8in.)
Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund and Gift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot
Accession number53.2201
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceProbably late 17th century, Earls of Ashburnhamm Ashburnham Place, Battle, Sussex; 1924, by inheritance to Lady Catherine Ashburnham (b. 1890 - d. 1953), Ashburnham Place; July 7-9, 1953, Lady Ashburnham estate sale, Sotheby's, London (sale held on premises). 1953, sold by David Stockwell, Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 6, 1953)
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