The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 30, 2023

Fragment of Draped Apparel

1700s

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India, Rajasthan or Northern Deccan

Block printed with gold leaf (varak) on undyed plain weave cotton muslin

Average: 31 x 12.5 cm (12 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1925.673.b

Location

not on view

Provenance
Imre Schwaiger [1868–1940], London, England
?–1925
(Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877–1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1925–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Bhandari, Vandana, and Laila Tyabji. Jewelled Textiles: Gold and Silver Embellished Cloth of India. 2015. p.140-159
Edwards, Eiluned, and Mohua Mitra. Imprints of Culture: Block Printed Textiles of India. 2016. p. 179-181
Bhandari, Vandana. Textiles of Rajasthan at the Jaipur Court. 2020. p. 73-85
Exhibition history

Needles, Dye-Pots, and Looms: Textile Traditions in India. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15, 1985-May 11, 1986).

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