Mat or cover
Artist
India
MediumSilk, cotton
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineBequest of Agnes Hulburd Conger
Object number1981.9.213
DescriptionStrips of purple, machine(?) embroidered silk with a pattern of buti, pieced together to form a rectangular cloth lined with ecru cotton. Handsewn. In this incarnation the textile may have served as a ceremonial or decorative cover for some small object(s). (purple silk gauze?)On View
Not on viewCollections
19th-20th c.
