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Textile with a Forested Landscape

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rectangular textile with a predominantly brown background. The textile has a wide red border on the short ends. Inside the border, a blue and brown patterned design spans the length of the textile. The patterned design contains a repeating motif resembling a forest landscape with trees. The design has a symmetrical, grid-like arrangement. The bottom of the textile features an additional decorative border below the patterned design. The decorative border consists of a row of short vertical lines. The textile fills most of the frame with a plain gray background visible around the edges.

Artwork Details

Date
late 14th–early 15th century
Medium
Cotton, painted resist and block-printed mordant, dyed
Culture
India (Gujarat), for the Indonesian market
Dimensions
597 × 139 px
Public Domain
Yes
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