Gallery 324, Asian Art, third floor (Caplan Gallery)
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Gallery 324, Asian Art, third floor (Caplan Gallery)
Main Building
Gallery 324, Asian Art, third floor (Caplan Gallery)
Title: | Banarsi Sari |
Date: | 19th to mid- 20th century |
Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, Indian |
Medium: | Fuchsia, purple, blue, green, orange, and gold metallic silk supplementary weave |
Dimensions: | 16 feet 6 inches × 44 inches (502.9 × 111.8 cm) |
Classification: | Textiles |
Credit Line: | Purchased with funds contributed by the Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Stella Kramrisch Fund for Indian and Himalayan Art, 2012 |
Accession Number: | 2012-55-12 |
Geography: | Made in Benares (present-day Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia |
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Gallery 324, Asian Art, third floor (Caplan Gallery)
Main Building