id:			107890
accession number:	1925.516
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1925.516
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:03.926000

Part of a Skirt (Ghagra), 1800s–early 1900s. Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh. Silk thread on silk ground, embroidery; overall: 75.6 x 46.4 cm (29 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1925.516

title:				Part of a Skirt (Ghagra)
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creation date:			1800s–early 1900s
creation date earliest:		1800
creation date latest:		1920
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh
technique:	silk thread on silk ground, embroidery
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 75.6 x 46.4 cm (29 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Texture in Art
	opening date:   1947-10-06T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Texture in Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6-December 8, 1947).

	title:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(A. K. Coomaraswamy).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. The persistence of geometry: form, content, and culture in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	p. 117
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