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Bed cover (palampore)
Bed cover (palampore)

Bed cover (palampore)

17th or 18th century
Object PlaceIndia
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain-weave, painted or printed with mordants, dyed with natural pigments
DimensionsOverall: 222 x 143cm (87 3/8 x 56 5/16in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number27.559
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1927, sold by Elinor Merrell, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 6, 1927)
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