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Fragment of a tent hanging
Fragment of a tent hanging

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)


Conservation status: Before treatment
Woman's costume in ten parts
1920s
Valance
Valance
Late 19th century
Valance
Valance
late 19th century
Curtain
Curtain
last quarter 18th century
Curtain or coverlet top
Curtain or coverlet top
1870–80
Manuscript cover
Manuscript cover
16th or 17th century
Restricted
Pendant, probably a bed curtain decoration
1780–1825
Image Not Available for Silk crepe valance
Silk crepe valance
late 19th century
Valance
Valance
late 19th century
Valance
Valance
1870s to 1880s
Image Not Available for Silk satin panel
Silk satin panel
late 19th century
Fragment (probably of a valance)
Fragment (probably of a valance)
second quarter 19th century