Textile swatch sample packet
Artist
India
Date20th c.
MediumCotton
ClassificationsMaterials
Credit LineBequest of Agnes Hulburd Conger
Object number1981.9.434 LA
DescriptionA swatch packet of assorted samples of handwoven cotton fabrics from India, "Kahdi cloth". Most are coarse in texture and have simple woven-in patterns of stripes and geometrics and small figures worked in discontinuous supplementary wefts. Various bright colors. Top paper label is in complete, partially reads: "Interesting facts about handwoven textiles,...." The rest is missing. Second sheet has long text concerning information about their manufacture. Caption at bottom also reads, "Business Manager/Bihar Cottage Industries/Gulzarbagh, Patna, (etc....)"On View
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