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Painted Cotton with Celestial Deva Design in a Trellis Pattern

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Red fabric with teardrop-shaped designs in a repeating pattern. The teardrop shapes are dark red and beige with a floral pattern inside. The teardrops are arranged in rows and columns. Two horizontal strips with geometric patterns run across the top and bottom. The top and bottom strips have a beige, red and blue color scheme with a black background. The bottom strip has tassels hanging from it. A gray and white color gradient rectangle is on the right side. The background is beige.

Artwork details

Date:
late 18th–19th century
Medium:
Painted and mordant-dyed cotton
Culture:
India (for the Thai market)
Dimensions:
535 × 625 px
Museum record:
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