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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)
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