The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 22, 2025
Wall Hanging or Ceiling Canopy
early 1900s
Overall: 90.2 x 205.7 cm (35 1/2 x 81 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1925.118
Location: not on view
Description
The silk wefts of this textile were resist dyed with a design of elephants, temples, large tigers (?), sacred trees, and humans before the textile was woven. Both the weft-ikat technique and the motifs reveal the influence of Indian textiles, particularly patola. The dark reddish-maroon color of the ground, however, was not produced by over-dyeing, as in India and Bali, but by the combination of red wefts with black warps. This silk was made to serve as a wall hanging or ceiling canopy in a Buddhist temple.- ?–1925Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877–1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art1925–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Resist Dyed Textiles from India, Indonesia and Cambodia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22, 1993-March 27, 1995).Techniques of Textile Printing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 11, 1948-May 29, 1949).
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