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India, Bengal, for the Portuguese market

Cover, 1601/50

Three panels joined: silk (tussar), plain weave; embroidered with cotton in chain (tambour work) stitches; lining: cotton, plain weave; edging: silk, weft-faced plain weave with looped and plied warp fringe; attached silk and cotton tassels at all four corners
301 x 237.5 cm (118 1/2 x 93 in.)
Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment, 2007.355




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