Length of Fabric for Clothing, 18th century, Attributed to India, Metal wrapped thread, silk; twill weave, brocaded, Textile: H. 57 1/2 in. (146.1 cm), Textiles-Brocades, 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
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