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DepartmentTextiles-Asia

Chamba rumal

NameFood or gift cover
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Datec. 1920
Place madeHimachal Pradesh, India, South Asia, Asia
MediumCotton, silk
Dimensions34 5/8 × 34 5/8 × 2 3/8 in. (88 × 88 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.1.718
Object numberA.1980.1.718
DescriptionEmbroidered. Off-white cotton with silk. Central rosette surrounded by figures with linked hand, dogs, floral decoration around. Folk style, contrast with A.1980.1.717.
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