The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 15, 2026

A horizontally long woven cotton textile features a dark blue central field filled with a repetitive grid of small, four-pointed cream and red floral shapes. On each side, wide red panels contain rows of tall, white triangular points directed toward the center. These patterns are finished at the far ends by thick red sections and narrow dark borders. Thin, patterned bands frame the top and bottom edges of the cloth.

Hip Wrapper (tapis)

1800–1850

India, Coromandel Coast, 1st half 19th Century

cotton; plain weave; block printed, drawn resist, painted mordants, dyed
Overall: 265.5 x 109.2 cm (104 1/2 x 43 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2000.32
Location: Not on view
  • Made for export to Indonesia, collected by vendor in South Sumatra, Indonesia; called sembagi, a term used in South Sumatra for multicolored cloths from the Coromandel Coast
  • {{cite web|title=Hip Wrapper (tapis)|url=false|author=|year=1800–1850|access-date=15 May 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2000.32