Floral Canopy or Screen, 17th–18th century, Attributed to India, Bikaner, Cotton, gold leaf; plain weave, painted, L. 76.3/4 in. (195 cm), Textiles, The flowering plants decorating this cotton hanging are applied in gold leaf glued to the surface of the textile. The fashion of decorating textiles with such plants developed at the Mughal court in the mid-seventeenth century, but spread throughout the courts of northern India in subsequent years
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Floral Canopy, Screen, 17th–18th century, Attributed, India, Bikaner, Cotton, gold leaf, plain weave, painted, L, 76.3/4, 195 cm, Textiles, flowering, plants, decorating, cotton hanging, applied, glued, surface, textile, fashion, decorating textiles, plants developed, Mughal court, mid-seventeenth, spread, courts, northern India, subsequent years
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