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Bed cover (palampore)
Bed cover (palampore)

Bed cover (palampore)

1750–1800
Object PlaceIndia
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain-weave, natural dyes, painted or painted with mordants, dyed, hand-painted with pigments
DimensionsHeight x width: 117 x 85 in. (297.2 x 215.9 cm)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number1973.101
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenancePurchased by the MFA, February 14, 1973
Quilt
late 17th - early 18th century
Bed cover (palampore)
mid 19th century
Bed cover (palampore)
late 18th century
Bed cover (palampore)
17th or 18th century
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19th century
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late 17th or early 18th century
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1854
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late 17th century
Wide curtain
late 17th century
late 19th to early 20th century