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Man's court sash (patka)
Man's court sash (patka)

Man's court sash (patka)

about 1700
Object PlaceDeccan: Golconda or Burhanpur, India
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave, block-printed; hand-painted and mordant and resist-dyed, with metal-wrapped thread fringe
DimensionsOverall: 67 x 525.8cm (26 3/8 x 207in.)
Credit LineGift of John Goelet
Accession number66.859
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1966, Nasli Heeramaneck (b. 1902 - d. 1971) and Alice Heeramaneck (b. 1910 - d. 1993), New York. 1966, John Goelet, Amblainville (Oise) France; 1966, gift of Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 11, 1966)
Part of bed cover
19th century
Woman's head cloth or ceremonial cover
late 18th or early 19th century
Cover or wrapper
19th century
Cover or hanging
19th century
Quilt
late 17th - early 18th century
Hanging
late 17th century
Wide curtain
late 17th century
Cover or hanging
19th century
Fragment of a floor cover
late 17th or early 18th century