Identifier
T.113A-1922
Acquisition
Given by Mr Douglas Eyre
Collection
Material
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
29.844999313354492 cm (depth)
30.5 cm (height)
135.88999938964844 cm (length)
137 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

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