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Manuscript cover
Manuscript cover

Manuscript cover

16th or 17th century
Object PlaceIndia
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain-weave couched with gold-wrapped thread and embroidered with silk; mounted on cardboard
DimensionsOverall: 20.3 x 27.5cm (8 x 10 13/16in.)
Credit LineRoss-Coomaraswamy Collection
Accession number17.2302
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ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1913, purchased from the library of Puj Kripa Rishi, a Jaina priest, Patti, Panjab by Ananda Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947); 1917, sold by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy to Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1917, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: April 5, 1917)