DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Kantha

NameBedding; Quilt

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1920

Place madeBangladesh, India, South Asia, Asia

MediumCotton

Dimensions80 5/16 × 53 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (204 × 137 × 6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.1.653

Object numberA.1980.1.653

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond

DescriptionQuilted, embroidered. Running stitch motifs overall. Central lotus surrounded by human figures, fish, birds, pavilions. Two peacocks and two human figures at each corner. Bordered by squares, each with circular motif.

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