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Fragment of a canopy
Fragment of a canopy

Fragment of a canopy

Place of OriginIndia
Date1800-1830
MaterialsPainted mordant and resist dyed cotton
DimensionsMounted: 58 1/4 × 25 7/8 × 1 1/2 in (148 cm × 65.7 cm × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with additional funding from Betty N. Alberts and Alexander Johnson
Object number2011.2
DepartmentSouth Asian Art
ClassificationsTextiles
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In this fragment, winged celestials, some carrying musical instruments, hover within and around eight-lobed medallions. While the overall design relates to that of the decorated ceilings of palaces and religious buildings in north India, no individual elements point clearly to a specific religious use.

This textile is a fragment of a much larger canopy, or set of canopies, other parts of which are in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and two well-known private collections in India.