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Floor Covering with Bouquets and Vines 

Exhibition information
There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the TNM Collection Exhibitions.

This floor covering features silk embroidery worked in fine chain stitch; the length of each stitch is only about one millimeter. The delicate floral motifs and their hues suggest this covering was made to suit European tastes.

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Quantity
Artist
Period/Century
Second half of the 18th century
Country/Origin
Gujarat, India
Excavation site
Material
Cotton with embroidery in silk thread
Size
450 x 207
Inscriptions
Donor
Collection reference no.
TI-477
Genre
Asian Textiles
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