Textile fragment
Medium:Block-printed cotton tabby
Geography: Made in India; used in Egypt
Date: 1800-1900
Object number: 978.76.89
Credit Line: Abemayor Collection given in memory of Dr. Veronika Gervers, Associate Curator, Textile Department (1968-1979) by Albert and Federico Friedberg. Certified by the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act. Attestée par la Commission canadienne d'examen des exportations de biens culturels en vertu de la Loi sur l'exportation et l'importation de biens culturels.
DescriptionFragment of a textile originally intended as a patka (waist sash). Design features bunches of flowers emerging from a small vase, framed by a band with a vine and red flowers. Remains of fringe below the floral band. Selvage at right edge.
