sliderarrowCloseMenushare_facebookshare_instagramshare_xshare_linkedinshare_threadsshare_shareshare_tranditionalshare_calendarshare_emailicon_threadsconnect_facebookconnect_instagramconnect_xconnect_youtubeconnect_atbtn_arrowhamburger-x
Skip to main content
Collections Menu

Bed Cover (Colcha)

Bed Cover (Colcha)

Public Domain

Bed Cover (Colcha)
Artist
CultureIndian, Bengal
Titles
  • Bed Cover (Colcha)
Dateearly 17th century
MediumCotton with silk embroidery
Dimensions117 × 92 3/4 in. (297.2 × 235.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Banoo and Jeevak Parpia Collection, museum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Accessions Endowment
Object number2024.505
Not on view

Explore Further

Department
Asian Art
Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[none]
Verso: Two stamps at verso top left corner

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.

Dinner Plate
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Dinner Plate
1778
Soft-paste porcelain
2002.39
Fragment of a Bed Cover (Colcha)
Unknown Indian
Fragment of a Bed Cover (Colcha)
16th–17th century
Silk with cotton embroidery
2024.524
Grottaferrata - Badia. Fonte Battesimale nella cappella di S. Nilo.
Romualdo Alinari
Grottaferrata - Badia. Fonte Battesimale nella cappella di S. Nilo.
1850–1859
Albumen silver print
2000.275.71
Dinner Plate
Charles James Mason & Co.
Dinner Plate
c. 1835–1840
Lead-glazed earthenware with transfer print
B.2005.4
Stamnos with Herakles and a Dancing Satyr
Polygnotos
Stamnos with Herakles and a Dancing Satyr
c. 440–420 BC
Terracotta
2003.713
Bust of Madame du Barry
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
Bust of Madame du Barry
c. 1771–1773
Soft-paste porcelain
2004.819
Three Episodes in the Life of Mose
Romualdo Alinari
Three Episodes in the Life of Mose
1850–1859
Albumen silver print
2000.280.51
Redentore tentato da Satana
Romualdo Alinari
Redentore tentato da Satana
1850–1859
albumen silver print from glass negative
2000.280.55
Needlework Picture with Raised-Work Embroidery
Unknown English
Needlework Picture with Raised-Work Embroidery
mid- 17th–17th century
Silk and metal thread on linen
B.56.152
Image Not Available for Moccasins with Quillwork
Unknown
Moccasins with Quillwork
c. late 18th - early 19th century
Leather, porcupine quills, glass beads, silk, and sinew
2025.767.A,.B
Chief's Chair
Unknown African
Chief's Chair
1900–1925
Wood, hide, brass tacks, nails, and traces of pigment
99.517
scan from file photograph
Unknown Dutch
Set of 22 Fireplace or Wall Tiles
c. 1690–1710
Tin-glazed earthenware (delftware)
B.61.104.1-.22
Unknown Indian