Hanging
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Hanging with a niche arch forming the center field. A cypress tree grows from a mound in the niche, with a peacock on either side; the field is filled with flowers. Above the niche, a face in a sunburst with an inscription in a hexagonal medallion on either side. Surrounded by deep borders on all sides with a flowering vine, narrow guard borders with mango or cypress motif. All finely drawn and all pattern areas filled with tiny flowers, vines, etc.
place: label: made in
content: India
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harvey Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-135-92
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Hanging
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave foundation; mordants for black, two reds, and lavender were block printed; madder dyed; yellow and blue applied by brush Label: cotton, mordant printed and dyed, painted
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 193 × 139.7 cm (76 × 55 in.)