From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: South Asia

Horse Headcover from India

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Post date May 24, 2023

Detail of a colorful textile covered in small, circular mirrors and embroidery with two small holes next to one another

Ceremonial horse headcover; India, Gujarat, Saurashtra region; 19th century. Cotton, applied mirrors, silk floss; chain-stitch embroidery, interlacing; 40 x 41 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1983.42.17. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Smith, Jr.

Communicating Kingship and Devotion Across Cultures

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Post date November 12, 2022

White textile fragment with red, gold, and green floral motifs and wide-stanced repeated figures.

Detail of phaa nung skirt, ceremonial; India, Coromandel Coast; c. late 18th century., Coromandel Coast, India, Late 18th century, Cotton, resist-dyed; 42 x 25 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0669. Bruce M. White Photography.

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Chasing Chintz

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Post date June 27, 2022

Detail of textile with curling red and green floral motifs and vines on white background.

Detail of textile fragment; France, Alsace; c. 1780. Cotton, dye; block printing; 43 x 38 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-0453. Bruce M. White Photography.

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Fragment of Trade Cloth from India

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Post date November 12, 2021

Fragment of sarasa trade cloth (detail), India (Coromandel Coast, possibly Tamil Nadu) for the Japanese market, 1650-1725. Cotton; mordant painted and resist-dyed plain weave; 69 x 34 cm. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-2854.

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Sash from Rahul Jain’s Workshop

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Post date May 7, 2021

Rahul Jain (India, b. 1963), Sash (patka) (detail), Delhi, 1993. Silk, metallic-wrapped threads; compound weave, plain weave, twill weave, complementary-weft patterning; 259 x 71 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1994.10.1. The Ruth Lincoln Fisher Memorial Fund.