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Strip of very fine, loosely woven terra-cotta cotton plain weave with minute close-set diagonal repeat of flower sprig with pair of leaves and gold dot filling blossom, drawn in black.

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Design is resist-printed in indigo, reserved in natural color; shows top half of a shield shape with border enclosing arabesques or vines. A stylized lotus is inside the "shield" and below, half of a round petal shape is visible. Printing on reverse is identical and equally clear.

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Pointed rectangle, probably originally used as portion of ornamental border for large cloth or hanging. Design of stylized lotus blossom and foliage with vine border, resist-printed in white on dark blue ground.

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Horizonal band of Mihrabs each enclosing a simple floral motif with narrow pearled borders and a continuous pearled baseline. Below is another pearl band off-setting the scrolling floral pattern. Red, blue and aubergine (blue over red) and reserved areas of white.

Fragment (India), 1250–1370
cotton.
1954-52-2

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White muslin with band of embroidery in a floral design of blue, green and purple.

Fragment (India), 19th century
cotton.
1946-42-6-b

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Unbleached cotton, border design in red and dull brown (possibly faded purple). Detached pattern: pointed leaf with actively curved stem alternating with leaf in upside down position, interstices in brown. Above and below, plain bands of red: at top, incomplete pattern of oblongs with pearled details.

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All-over floral vine pattern in black, two reds, blue and yellow on an ivory ground. Glazed. Reproduction of 18th century style.

Fragment (India), 20th century
cotton.
1973-76-14-a

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White, rather coarse, plain weave ground. All-over closely-spaced design of stylized lotus blossom and foliate motifs. Blue resist-print.

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Fine cotton plain weave with blue resist ground and small-scale all-over design of rosettes within squares formed by diagonally crossing lines and dots.

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Red and green stripes offset tan medallions which enclose a bird and flowering branches.

Fragment (India), ca. 1840
cotton.
Gift of Joseph K. Miller.
1926-20-24

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Fragment of a border with symmetrical plants with scrolling leaves on a dull yellow background. Plain red band at bottom.

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Fragment of mordant-painted and dyed cotton with a Pious Pelican piercing her breast with drops of blood flowing out to three young birds which fly up from the ground below in a row. Mother pelican is standing on a four-mound. Leaves and flowers of other motifs on the edges of the fragment. Colors: red, blue, yellow (faded), dark red. Outline: black-brown on an ivory background.

Fragment (India), 1750–1800
cotton.
1970-22-1

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Corner of a pattern with floral vine borders and floral vine patterned field.

Fragment (India), 18th century
cotton.
1973-76-19

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Design resist-printed with red ground, brown, and reserve areas in white. Torch-like motifs are placed at the apex of an undulating vine with dots. Below is a straight band of dots bordered by two parallel lines. Below the dotted band are rosettes alternating with red dots enclosed by white squares. The squares are connected by dots, creating diamond shapes around the rosettes.

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Unbleached plain weave cloth. Design in blue and red. Two circles, approximately 21 cm in diameter: one in blue with white detail, red center with blue heart-shaped detail; the other, similar framing smaller circle with crossed bars in center. Above and below, borders of blue stripes. Printing crude.

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Fragment of tightly spun, loosely woven cotton plain weave with flowering boughs drawn in aubergine and crudely colored with red and deep blue.

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Printing is in dull red and brighter red on natural ground. Parallel stripes of dull red alternate with natural in which there are twining vines with leaves in the brighter red. Colors are probably quite faded.

Fragment (India), 18th century
cotton.
Gift of Salisbury Day from the Estate of Katharine Day.
1957-119-4-a/f

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Untreated fine plain weave ground with small-scale all-over design of squares formed by diagonally crossing lines of dots alternate, alternate squares enclosing concentric circles and rosette. Design in tan and red against brown background.

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Poppy-like plants arranged in staggered rows on a red with white dotted background.

Fragment (India), 18th century
cotton.
Gift of John Pierpont Morgan.
1902-1-975

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Design in brown and red on undyed fine cotton plain cloth.

In horizontal bands:
1. Upper plain red
2. Rectangles containing geometric ornament
3. Stylized floral forms
4. Repeat of rectangles containing geometric ornament
5. Interlacing dotted bands on the bottom

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Coarse undyed cotton plain cloth forms design against red ground. At right, broad incomplete border of rosettes with octagons, dots, and geometric forms. At left, plain red ground at top, double band of ogive forms and wavy-edged squares. Ground design of whirling sun motif.

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Fragment of cotton block-printed in purple, brown, red, and green on cream-colored ground. All-over stylized floral patter resembling pansies.

Fragment (India), late 18th–early 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck.
1962-175-14

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Unbleached cotton with overall pattern in faded red. An overall lattice like effect is created as the petals of flower heads elongate and extend to create an interlaced framework. With smaller eight-petaled flowers in the interstices.

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Fragment of cotton block-printed in red, green, black, and touches of brown on rose ground. All-over pattern of stylized floral form. Small border stripe made up of black dots.

Fragment (India), late 18th–early 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Nasli Heeramaneck.
1962-175-9

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Natural coarse plain cloth ground with all-over print of small rosettes in red.

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Small-scale all-over repeat of irregular stars with dots in the center, dots, and white rings in ground color against brown background.

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Fragment of cotton, printed rather sloppily with small all-over trellis-enframing-rosette design, in red and black on natural ground. To judge from over-lapping, a small block about 2"x3" was used.

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Round fragment of cream-colored cotton block printed in reds, violet, and green. A floral pattern is arranged to fill a circle of flower heads. Center round medallion has a stylized flower head forming a rosette.

Fragment (India), 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Alice B. Beer.
1968-73-2

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