Length of Fabric for Clothing
This length of fabric with intact selvedges is decorated with rows of poppies on a ground of shimmering silver-wrapped thread. Textiles like this example, with repeating patterns of formally arranged, naturalistic flowers on a blank background, were produced in great numbers in Mughal India beginning in the seventeenth century.
Artwork Details
- Title: Length of Fabric for Clothing
- Date: 18th century
- Geography: Attributed to India
- Medium: Metal wrapped thread, silk; twill weave, brocaded
- Dimensions: Textile: H. 57 1/2 in. (146.1 cm)
W. 28 1/2 in. (72.4 cm)
Mount: H. 61 1/4 in. (155.6 cm)
W. 32 1/4 in. (81.9 cm)
D. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm) - Classification: Textiles-Brocades
- Credit Line: The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1983
- Object Number: 1983.494.1
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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17th–18th century
first half 18th century
Painted by Chitarman (Indian, active ca. 1627–70)
recto: dated 1627–28; verso: ca. 1530–50
ca. 1640
late 17th century
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