Bengal

Bengal

Identificador
T.113-1922
Adquisición
Given by Mr Douglas Eyre
Colección
Técnica
Motivos
Dimensión
29.845 cm (depth)
189.865 cm (length)
Siglo
Lugar de producción
Tipo de objeto

Description

Panel from a coverlet of pale yellow cotton quilted and embroidered with silk motifs in dark red and cream. There is a repeating horizontal pattern: from left to right a peacock with a crayfish, eel or other fish in its beak, a horseman wearing doublet, hose, and a broad brimmed hat, a pair of birds in a tree, a horseman, and a peacock. The remaining space is closely covered with flowering plants, deer, hares, a pelican, ducks and other birds. The background has a small lozenge diaper in yellow. Below is a row of rosettes between two narrow stripes of cable ornament. Panel of quilted embroidered cotton in silks, made in Bengal, 17th century