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Muslin Shawl with Chikan Embroidery

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Muslin Shawl with Chikan Embroidery
Artist
CultureIndian
Titles
  • Muslin Shawl with Chikan Embroidery
Datec. 1800–1810
MediumMuslin
DimensionsOverall: 118 × 49 1/2 in. (299.7 × 125.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Prabha Bala, Sesh Bala, Shantha Raghuthaman and Alagiriswami Venkatesh
Object number2023.142
Non exposé

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Department
Asian Art
Object Type
ProvenanceThis shawl is known to have been collected in the 19th century by an American merchant family from Newport, RI. While we do not have specific information about this family, we know that the piece has been in the collection for many generations and recently came on the New England auction market.
Exhibition HistoryN/A
Published References For comparable shawls and stoles for the western market, see: Sonia Ashmore, Muslin, 2012, plates 32-34, pp. 102-104 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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Unknown Indian
Muslin Shawl with Chikan Embroidery
c. 1800–1810
Muslin
2023.143
Fragment of Embroidery for Skirt
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Fragment of Embroidery for Skirt
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Embroidery, satin, glass
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Overall recto
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Cotton with silk floss embrodery
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Shawl Made into a Cover
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Wool with silk embroidery
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Shawl
Unknown Indian
Shawl
18th century
Silk, metallic (gold) threads
33.113
Long Shawl
Unknown Indian
Long Shawl
19th century
Silk satin weave
33.123
Strip of Embroidery
Unknown Indian
Strip of Embroidery
late 19th-early 20th century
Textile and glass
33.67
Overall recto
Unknown Indian
Bagh phulkari
19th century
Cotton with silk floss embroidery
2024.749
Unknown Indian