Kantha (Ceremonial Quilt)
1800s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Kantha (Ceremonial Quilt), 1800s. India, East Bengal, 19th century. Embroidery: cotton thread on cotton tabby ground; overall: 184.8 x 118.7 cm (72 3/4 x 46 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1960.274
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Embroidery
- Formatted Medium
- embroidery: cotton thread on cotton tabby ground
- Medium
- embroidery, cotton, thread, tabby, ground
- Dimensions
- Overall: 184.8 x 118.7 cm (72 3/4 x 46 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1960.274
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Textile Arts Club
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review (1961), Fiberworks: Tradition and Technique, Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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