Sari

India, Banaras

textileweaving

Date

c. 1940/1960

Medium

Silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core, plain weave with self-patterning wefts; silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core plain weave with metal foil (gold/silver) around a cotton core supplementary brocading wefts; silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; pieced; lining: silk, plain weave

Dimensions

245.7 × 106.7 cm (96 3/4 × 42 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Dr. Madhuvanti Ghose in memory of her mother, Sheuli Ghose

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