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Panel from a Tent Lining

1725–50
Not on view
The motifs on this panel, originally one of several joined as a lining for a tent, relate to those found on a larger group of dyed textiles attributed to Burhanpur, a city in the northern Deccan that is believed to have been an important center for production in the eighteenth century. Several other panels with rinceau borders around niches containing tall flowering plants growing out of diminutive vases are known, including a set that once belonged to Tipu Sultan of Mysore (1750–1799).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Panel from a Tent Lining
  • Date: 1725–50
  • Geography: Attributed to India, Burhanpur
  • Medium: Cotton; plain weave, mordant-painted and dyed, resist-dyed
  • Dimensions: H. 51 9/16 in. (131 cm)
    W. 36 5/8 in. (93 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Painted and/or Printed
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.528
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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