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Wedding Sari (Paithani)19th century

Not on view
Woven textile panel with caramel-brown ground, allover grid and dot pattern, multicolored foliate borders, and a decorative end band with three large boteh motifs in coral, green, and gold
Woven textile panel in warm khaki tones, featuring three large floral tree-of-life motifs with birds amid pink and blue blossoms on a tan ground, framed by narrow borders with repeating bird and vine patterns in muted red, green, and lavender; upper portion shows a plain checked weave with dotted grid.

Unknown, Wedding Sari (Paithani), 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Wedding Sari (Paithani)
Place Made
India, probably Maharashtra, Paithan or Madhya Pradesh, Chanderi
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Cotton plain weave with silk and metallic-thread supplementary warp and weft patterning and cotton, silk, and metallic-thread interlocking tapestry weave
Dimensions
125 × 48 1/2 in. (317.5 × 123.19 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.75.4.23
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Rosenfield, John. The Arts of India and Nepal: The Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1966.