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Fragment of a tent hanging

about 1630–40
Object PlaceJaipur, India
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain-weave embroidered with silk and couched gold-wrapped threads.
DimensionsOverall: 182.2 x 84.5cm (71 3/4 x 33 1/4in.)
Top and bottom borders approximately 5" wide
Side border approx 2.75" wide
Credit LineGift of John Goelet
Accession number66.861
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)


Valance
Late 19th century
Valance
late 19th century
Curtain
last quarter 18th century
Manuscript  cover
16th or 17th century
late 19th century
Valance
late 19th century
Valance
1870s to 1880s
late 19th century
Fragment (probably of a valance)
second quarter 19th century