1725-50
Town Burhanpur,
India
India
Object qualities
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Objecttextile (towels, carpets, etc.): Tent panel
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Type of arts & crafts 1
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Type of arts & crafts 2
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Type of arts & crafts 3
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MediumCotton; plain weave, mordant-painted and dyed, resist-dyed
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SizeH. 51 9/16 in. (131 cm) W. 36 5/8 in. (93 cm)
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Geography detailsAttributed to
Town Burhanpur,
India -
Country today
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Date1725-50
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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The motifs on this panel, originally one of several joined as a lining for a tent, relate to those found on a larger group of dyed textiles attributed to Burhanpur, a city in the northern Deccan that is believed to have been an important center for production in the eighteenth century. Several other panels with rinceau borders around niches containing tall flowering plants growing out of diminutive vases are known, including a set that once belonged to Tipu Sultan of Mysore (1750–1799).