Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 1700–1725
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Imbricated palmette rise from a central point. Other pieces have been added to the fragment which shows parts of another design. Fragment is seamed in center, pieced at bottom.
label: Description
content: The portion of pattern seen is composed of two large palmettes of imbricated design in red, and purple, with green central stem. They slant right and left from the center and appear to emerge from a cluster of leaves, of yellow, and red, outlined in black. Right and left, projecting from the palmettes are clusters of narrow, sharply pointed leaves in green, red and yellow. Below these are leaves in blue with heavy black outlines. The whole pattern is outlined in a fine, dark wavy line, drawn about 1/8 inch from the leaves. A glaze remains on the material.
place: label: made in
content: India
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Restricted Funds
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-78-5
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: mordant and resist painted and immersion dyed on plain weave (chintz)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 48.9 × 121.3 cm (19 1/4 × 47 3/4 in.)