id:			107865
accession number:	1925.494
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.494
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:03.797000

Cover for a Jain Manuscript, c. 1800. Western India, Gujarat. Silk: satin weave; embroidery, polychrome silk, gold filé, flat metal strip; overall: 26.4 x 13.7 cm (10 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1925.494

title:				Cover for a Jain Manuscript
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creation date:			c. 1800
creation date earliest:		1795
creation date latest:		1805
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Western India, Gujarat
technique:	Silk: satin weave; embroidery, polychrome silk, gold filé, flat metal strip
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 26.4 x 13.7 cm (10 3/8 x 5 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Needles, Dye-Pots, and Looms: Textile Traditions in India
	opening date:   1985-10-15T04:00:00
	<i>Needles, Dye-Pots, and Looms: Textile Traditions in India</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15, 1985-May 11, 1986).

	title:		Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)
	opening date:   2022-08-26T04:00:00
	<i>Text and Image in Southern Asia​ (Indian Painting and Himalayan rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26, 2022-March 5, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy [1877–1947], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1925
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1925–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Pandey, Vishwanath. <em>The Orient: The World of Jainism : Jaina History, Art, Literature, Philosophy and Religion.</em> Bombay: Pandey, 1976.
	page number: 	p. 6-12
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	Shah, Umakant Premanand. T<em>reasures of Jaina Bhaṇḍāras</em>. Ahmedabad: L.D. Institute of Indology, 1978.
	page number: 	pl. 101-102, 165-166
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	Crill, Rosemary. <em>Indian Embroidery</em>. London: V &amp; A Publications, 1999.
	page number: 	Pl. 59, pg. 68
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	Common Thread: Books. HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles. London: Oguz Press. Issue 218 Winter 2023
	page number: 	p. 44, illus. 8
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