Phulkari

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Artist Unknown Indian

CultureIndian, Punjab

Titles

Phulkari

Date19th century

MediumCotton with silk floss embroidery

DimensionsOverall: 108 1/4 × 60 in. (275 × 152.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Banoo and Jeevak Parpia Collection, gift of Banoo and Jeevak Parpia

Object number2024.758

Non exposé

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Department

Asian Art

Object Type

TEXTILES

ProvenanceProvenance varies by object.
Exhibition HistoryWoven Wonders: Indian Textiles from the Parpia Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , June 10 to September 4, 2023
The Cloth that Changed the World: India's Painted and Printed Cottons Royal Ontario Museum , September 12, 2020 to January 2, 2022
Traded Treasure: Indian Textiles for Global Markets, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art , January 26, 2019 to June 9, 2019
Gates of the Lord: The Tradition of Krishna Paintings, Art Institute of Chicago September 13, 2015 to January 3, 2016
Published References Partial list: Avril, Ellen. Traded Treasure: Indian textiles for global markets / Ellen Avril, Ruth Barnes, Sylvia Houghteling, Ithaca, New York: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2019. Fee, Sarah, ‘Woven Wonders: Indian Textiles from the Parpia Collection’, Textiles Asia Journal, January 2024, Volume 15, issue 3 Crill, Rosemary, ‘Woven Wonders: Indian Textiles from the Parpia Collection”, Arts of Asia, Autumn, 2023, pp. 49-60. Houghteling, Sylvia, “The joy of being drawn in,” Hali, Summer, 2023, pp. 59 -67. Parpia, Banoo and Jeevak, “Kantha- Riches from Rags”, Textiles Asia Journal, January 2022, Vol 13, Issue 3, pp. 3-15. Parpia, Banoo and Jeevak, “Embellished Cloth- A Collection of Indian Textiles”, Textiles Asia Journal, January 2020, Vol 11, Issue 3, pp. 12-21. Parpia, Banoo and Jeevak, “Telia Dupattas- the Other Indian Double Ikat”, Textiles Asia Journal, January 2021, Vol 12, Issue 3, pp. 8-18. Avril, Ellen. Traded Treasure: Indian textiles for global markets / Ellen Avril, Ruth Barnes, Sylvia Houghteling, Ithaca, New York: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2019. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Mark on recto short edge

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