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Length of fabric from a woman’s wrapper (sari)

19th–early 20th century
Object PlaceGujarat, India
Medium/TechniqueSilk plain weave, double ikat
DimensionsHeight x width: 59 1/2 x 38 in. (151.1 x 96.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession number19.731
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.