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This quilted cover is an example of qalamkari (“pen-work”), a traditional technique of decorating cotton with dyes. The design features a central medallion on a red field patterned with butahs in off-set repeat. The central medallion and quarter medallions in the corners combine birds, blossoms, leaves, and knot patterns. Two wide borders contain running floral scrolls; and multiple guard stripes hold small floral motifs. The design employs the traditional four colors (black, red, blue, and yellow) and has been created by block printing and wax resist.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Mark and Ruth Irwin Wooster Ohio (by 1965 - 1998) by descent; to Beth Irwin Lewis Oberlin Ohio (1998 - 2015) gift; to the Harvard Art Museums 2015.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Beth Irwin Lewis in memory of J. Mark and Ruth Irwin
Title: Cover
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This quilted cover is an example of qalamkari (“pen-work”), a traditional technique of decorating cotton with dyes.
The design features a central medallion on a red field patterned with butahs in off-set repeat.
The central medallion and quarter medallions in the corners combine birds, blossoms, leaves, and knot patterns.
Two wide borders contain running floral scrolls; and multiple guard stripes hold small floral motifs.
The design employs the traditional four colors (black, red, blue, and yellow) and has been created by block printing and wax resist.
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