The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 6, 2023

Fragment of a Turban Cloth

1800

India, Rajasthan, Mughal period, early 19th Century

Cotton muslin (loom width), undyed, block printed, and overprinted with gold leaf (varak)

Overall: 106.7 x 55.9 cm (42 x 22 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.76

Location

not on view

Citations
Bhandari, Vandana, and Laila Tyabji. Jewelled Textiles: Gold and Silver Embellished Cloth of India. New Delhi: Om Books International, 2015. pp. 140–159
Edwards, Eiluned, and Mohua Mitra. Imprints of Culture: Block Printed Textiles of India. New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2016. pp. 179–181
Bhandari, Vandana. Textiles of Rajasthan at the Jaipur Court. New Delhi: Niyogi Books, 2020. pp. 73–85
Exhibition history

Techniques of Textile Printing. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 11, 1948-May 29, 1949).

Design in Printed Textiles. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 3, 1961).

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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