Length of Fabric for Clothing

Unknown

18th century · Metal wrapped thread, silk; twill weave, brocaded · Islamic Art

This length of fabric with intact selvedges is decorated with rows of poppies on a ground of shimmering silver-wrapped thread. Textiles like this example, with repeating patterns of formally arranged, naturalistic flowers on a blank background, were produced in great numbers in Mughal India beginning in the seventeenth century.

Artist

Unknown

Date

18th century

Medium

Metal wrapped thread, silk; twill weave, brocaded

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1983