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Ceremonial Cloth (Elephant Patolu)early 19th century

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Horizontal textile with resist-dye patterning in crimson, black, and ivory, featuring four profile elephants with decorated howdahs across the central field, surrounded by dense animal and floral motifs and geometric border bands
Textile fragment with a deep red ground featuring a large dark brown elephant at center, draped with an elaborately patterned ceremonial cloth in gold, red, and cream geometric motifs. Surrounding field filled with smaller figures of animals, human forms, and stylized trees woven in cream and dark tones.
Woven textile panel in red, black, and gold with a symmetrical design featuring two large caparisoned elephants facing center, surrounded by smaller animals, human figures, and stylized trees on a dense red ground, framed by geometric border bands.
Title
Ceremonial Cloth (Elephant Patolu)
Place Made
Western India, Gujarat, Patan
Date Made
early 19th century
Medium
Resist-dyed silk warp and weft (double ikat) plain weave, metallic-wrapped supplementary weft.
Dimensions
41 1/4 × 197 1/2 in. (104.78 × 501.65 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Harry Lenart
Accession Number
M.87.242
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles