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Sarrasa: a group of nine Indian textiles made for export to Indonesia
Artist: Various
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1600 - 1900
Materials: cotton
Grant:
Amount Paid: £13,735 (Total: £54,942)
Vendor: Textile Arts Inc, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Review number: 3942 (1993)
Provenance:
Textile Arts Inc. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Description:
These nine Indian trade textiles represent the luxury end of the vast textile trade that flourished between India and Indonesia from medieval times onwards. Their designs can be linked to Indian manuscript painting of the 15th century.
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