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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)
late 17th - early 18th century
mid 19th century
late 17th or early 18th century
19th century
first half 18th century
19th century
late 18th or early 19th century
19th century
late 17th or early 18th century