Fragment of Draped Apparel
late 1700s or early 1800s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Fragment of Draped Apparel, late 1700s or early 1800s. India. Block printed and overprinted with gold leaf (varak) and overpainted with pigments on undyed plain weave cotton muslin; overall: 28.3 x 27.3 cm (11 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1925.677
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Textile
- Formatted Medium
- Block printed and overprinted with gold leaf (varak) and overpainted with pigments on undyed plain weave cotton muslin
- Medium
- block, printed, overprinted, gold, leaf, varak, overpainted, pigments, undyed, plain, weave, cotton, muslin
- Dimensions
- Overall: 28.3 x 27.3 cm (11 1/8 x 10 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1925.677
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Design in Printed Textiles, Needles, Dye-Pots, and Looms: Textile Traditions in India, <em>Indian Exhibition</em>. Chautauqua Art Galleries, Chautauqua, NY (August 1–13, 1960).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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