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Kalamkari Rumal

ca. 1640–50
Not on view
Delightful scenes fill the ground of this rumal: a music performance; a look between lovers; figures sewing, hunting, and dancing; and a royal group. Although unrelated, the vignettes are united by the application of pattern to all elements of the textile and a busy background of trees, plants, rocky outcrops, and animals in action.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Kalamkari Rumal
  • Date: ca. 1640–50
  • Geography: Attributed to India, Deccan, Golconda
  • Medium: Cotton; plain weave, mordant painted and dyed, resist dyed
  • Dimensions: Textile: L. 25 1/4 in. (64.1 cm)
    W. 36 in. (91.4 cm)
    Mount: L. 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm)
    W. 41 1/16 in. (104.3 cm)
    D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Painted and/or Printed
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.159.2
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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