Collection Online as of January 28, 2023

Fragments of Draped Court Apparel

1800s

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India, Rajasthan ?

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

Average: 39.2 x 11.5 cm (15 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.195

Location

not on view

Provenance

?–1952

Cooper Union Museum, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1952–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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

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