Phulkari Shawl | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1860–80

Not on view

Medium: Cotton cloth, plain weave, silk floss embroidery
Dimensions: 100 13/16 × 60 1/16 in. (256 × 152.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Geetanjali and Nayan Chanda in honor of Geetanjali's mother, Amarjit Bhagwant Singh, and the Attic Collection, Delhi
Accession Number: 2015.58.1
Geography: India
Culture: Indian
Period: 19th century
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

The Attic collection of Amarjit Bhagwant Singh, New Delhi, India, and then to her daughter Geetanjali Chanda, faculty at Yale.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions 2015," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2015), 24

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Object/Work type

shawls

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