Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 1750–1800
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment of mordant-painted and dyed cotton with a Pious Pelican piercing her breast with drops of blood flowing out to three young birds which fly up from the ground below in a row. Mother pelican is standing on a four-mound. Leaves and flowers of other motifs on the edges of the fragment. Colors: red, blue, yellow (faded), dark red. Outline: black-brown on an ivory background.
place: label: made in
content: India
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1970-22-1
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, immersion dyed (chintz) on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 33 x 23cm (13 x 9 1/16in.)