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Unknown Maker, Indian

Marriage Quilt (Colcha),

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Indian, or, Portuguese

Title

Marriage Quilt (Colcha)

Medium

silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Silk plain weave with silk chain-stitch embroidery

Techniques

  • Silk plain weave with silk chain-stitch embroidery

Dimensions

Length: 271.8 cm (107 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label: On back, sewn to lining: Tag reading: Ministerio da Educacao Nacional; Inv. no. 31 c.v.

Place

Place Made: Portugal

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Jesse Metcalf Fund

Object Number

1996.99

Marriage Quilt (Colcha)

Selected Works

Label: On back, sewn to lining: Tag reading: Ministerio da Educacao Nacional; Inv. no. 31 c.v.

Place Made: Portugal

Publications

Selected Works

Exhibition History

“Insnared with flowers, I fall on grass"

June 10, 2014 - March 8, 2015

Recent Acquisitions

February 18 - April 16, 2000
The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Marriage Quilt (Colcha) with the accession number of 1996.99. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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