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Fragments, 1750–1800 (CH 18173635)

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Fragments, 1750–1800 (CH 18173635)

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Summary

Rose satin ground with off-white weft patterning. Fragments show alternating vertical large-scale repeat vignettes of a horseman under attack by a leopard, a horseman with a raised scimitar fends off an attack by a lion, and a man standing before a large palm tree stabs a leopard. Men are dressed in a variety of Eastern costume.

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Date

1800
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Source

Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum
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