Medium: cotton Technique: printed or painted on plain weave, metal powder and enamel on gum or wax base
Dimensions:
Warp x Weft: 18.7 x 14 cm (7 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Type:
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Fragment
Made in:
Rajasthan, India
Date:
17th–18th century
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Rectangle of very fine, loosely woven undyed plain weave cotton with small-scale all-over repeat of small pointed leaf, in green enamel with gold leaf, in close-set wavy trellis framework of silver leaf; gold dot at each intersection of the trellis. Tiny impressed dots in gold accentuate design of each leaf. Undecorated margin on left side (1 cm).