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Hanging depicting a European conflict in South India

Unknown Artist

before 1763

Hanging depicting a European conflict in South India by Unknown Artist

Medium

Cotton, plain weave (drawn and painted, mordant and resist dyed)

Dimensions

Overall: 116 3/4 × 103 in. (296.5 × 261.6 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Painted and Dyed

Culture

Indian, Coromandel Coast, for British market

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Louis V. Bell Fund; Larry and Ann Burns and Brett and Sara Burns Gifts, in honor of Austin B. Chinn; and Austin B. Chinn and Joseph Conforti and Douglas Jakubowski Gifts, 2014

Accession Number

2014.88

Tags

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