Detail View: The AMICA Library: Hip Wrapper (tapis)

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.2000.32
AMICA Library Year: 
2002
Object Type: 
Textiles
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Indian Sub-Continent; Indian; Coromandel Coast
Creator Name-CRT: 
India, Coromandel Coast, 1st half 19th Century
Title: 
Hip Wrapper (tapis)
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1800-1850
Creation Start Date: 
1800
Creation End Date: 
1850
Materials and Techniques: 
cotton; plain weave; block printed, drawn resist, painted mordants, dyed
Classification Term: 
Textiles
Dimensions: 
Overall: 266cm x 108.5cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
2000.32
Credit Line: 
John L. Severance Fund
Inscriptions: 
"16" embroidered in India
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Made for export to Indonesia, collected by vendor in South Sumatra, Indonesia; called sembagi, a term used in South Sumatra for multicolored cloths from the Coromandel Coast
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.AM20020985.tif