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Temple hanging (kalamkari)

19th century
Object Placeprobably Kalahastri, India
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain-weave, block-printed, mordant painted and dyed, painted with pigments
DimensionsHeight x width: 82 x 104 1/2 in. (208.3 x 265.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Barbara Kendall
Accession number42.429
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceGift from Mrs. Barbara Kendall to the MFA, September 11, 1942
17th or 18th century
late 17th - early 18th century
19th century
late 18th or early 19th century
19th century
about 1900
mid 19th century
late 17th or early 18th century
late 17th or early 18th century