Fragment (1100s–1300s): Art, History and Details
Fragment at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1100s–1300s, cotton: plain cloth, resist dyed. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Fragment (1100s–1300s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This fragment has a pattern of stylized plant forms. The design was achieved by applying wax to design areas and then dipping it in red madder dye with use of mordant. The brown color was produced by the presence of iron in the mordant used for those areas.
Object facts
- Title: Fragment
- Date: 1100s–1300s
- Culture: India
- Type: Textile
- Technique: cotton: plain cloth, resist dyed
- Dimensions: Overall: 28 x 15.6 cm (11 x 6 1/8 in.)
- Collection: Textiles
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1951.510
A detail from the museum
The fabric was dyed with madder and indigo.
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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