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Fragment of a curtain
Fragment of a curtain

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 view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1921, purchased in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: May 5, 1921)

Fragment of silk
late 18th or early 19th century
Length of fabric
1550–1600
Fragment of silk
18th or early 19th century
Fragment of silk
early 19th century
Sleeveless coat
19th century
Textile fragment
18th or early 19th century
Noh costume (karaori)
late 18th to early 19th century