Fragment of a curtain
18th century
Object PlaceKodalaikurpur, India
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave with discontinuous gilt-metal wrapped thread warps and supplementary wefts; hand-painted and resist-dyed
DimensionsOverall: 166 x 90 cm (65 3/8 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit LineMarianne Brimmer Fund
Accession number21.1156
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
Provenance1921, purchased in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: May 5, 1921)
late 18th or early 19th century
18th or early 19th century
1550–1600
early 19th century
18th century
19th century
19th century
18th or early 19th century
late 18th to early 19th century
