Portion of Silk Gauze Sari
Portion of Silk Gauze Sari by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The image shows a portion of a fabric with a dense pattern. The fabric has a brown background and a dense repeating design in shades of brown, orange and red. The design includes birds, flowers and leaves. The fabric appears to be a textile with a frayed edge on the right side. The bottom of the fabric has a thicker decorative border. The fabric fills most of the image.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Silk; on silk
- Culture
- China for Parsi market, Bombay
- Dimensions
- 600 × 400 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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