The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of November 30, 2023

Fragment

1800s

India, Rajasthan or Northern Deccan

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

Overall: 6 x 14 cm (2 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1952.197

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

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).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1952.197