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Indian, Coromandel Coast India

Valance, early 1700s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Indian

Title

Valance

Year

early 1700s

Medium

Cotton; plain weave, hand-painted mordants

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • hand-painting,
  • hand-painted,
  • mordant dyed

Dimensions

Length: 35.6 cm (14 inches)

Place

Coromandel Coast; India

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

1988.017

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Asian Textiles in Trade

February 23 - June 6, 2004

The Dyed Image

December 10, 1997 - March 8, 1998

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Valance with the accession number of 1988.017. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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