Length of silk (kinkwab)
1850
Object PlaceBenares, Bangladesh, India
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin-weave ground with silk silver- and gold-wrapped thread discontinuous supplementary patterning wefts
DimensionsOverall: 55 x 74cm (21 5/8 x 29 1/8in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Accession number17.3163
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ProvenanceGift from Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to the MFA, December 6, 1917
1875–1900
late 19th century
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early 19th century