Tent Panel Maker: Unknown

late 17th–early 18th century

Asian Art

Not on view

Textiles produced for Mughal rulers in India and their Safavid counterparts in Iran shared a penchant for natural imagery, such as the delicate flowering bushes embroidered on this hanging.

Medium

Cotton with silk embroidery; plain weave, quilted

Dimensions

68 3/8 × 47 1/16 in. (173.7 × 119.5 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1937.5333

Geography

India

Culture

Indian, Islamic

Period

Mughal dynasty (1526–1857)

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Jeypore (Jaipur) wardrobe; Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955) New York, purchase in Delhi, India; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography

  • Loretta N Staples, A Sense of Pattern: Textile Masterworks from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1981), 32, no. 26, ill.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

botanical

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