Embroidered Panel

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CultureIndian

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Embroidered Panel

Datec. 1750–1800

MediumCotton; embroidered with silk and metal-wrapped thread; couching and satin stitch

DimensionsOverall: 40 × 66 in. (101.6 × 167.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Franci Neely, Olive and Bruce Baganz, Joy and Benjamin Warren, and Hamid and Lily Kooros

Object number2016.287

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Department

Art of the Islamic Worlds

Object Type

TEXTILES

DescriptionThis visually striking panel is one of the finest embroidered textiles from the Deccan region of south-central India. The elaborate design, sumptuous palette, intricate embroidery, and lavish use of metal-wrapped thread suggest that it was probably made in a royal workshop and intended for a courtly setting. It may have been used to cover a throne platform. Many of these textiles were also made for overseas markets. This panel came from a Portuguese collection and was likely imported from Portuguese trading ports in colonial India during the active global trade of the 18th century.
ProvenanceJorge de Brito collection, Portugal; [Amir Mohtashemi Ltd, London, February, 2015]; purchased by MFAH, 2016.

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