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Fragment

18th century
Object PlaceAhmadabad (?), India
Medium/TechniqueSilk and metallic plain weave with continuous patterning wefts and discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
DimensionsHeight x width: 22 1/16 x 18 5/16 in. (56 x 46.5 cm)
Credit LineMarianne Brimmer Fund
Accession number21.1760
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1921, purchased by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: August 4, 1921)
Woman's blouse (huipil)
late 19th century
Length of silk
early 18th century
early 18th century
Group shot: 99.664.80, 99.853, 59.427, 48.335, 45.911, 10.99, 49.430a, 49.430b
probably 1820–30
1825–30
about 1825
about 1830
about 1830
about 1825
about 1820