Length of cloth of gold with voided velvet Irises

Provenance

Rahul Jain (born 1963), New Delhi, India [this and the following according to conversation between Smita Conjeevaram and Melinda Watt, Feb. 2023]; sold to Smita and Srini Conjeevaram, San Francisco, 2022; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.

Length of cloth of gold with voided velvet Irises

Shamin Ansari

2021-22

Accession Number

272723

Medium

Silk and gilt-silver wrapped metal thread; voided cut velvet on satin weave foundation, faced with gilt-silver wrapped metal thread bound in twill weave

Dimensions

241.3 × 92.8 cm (95 × 36 1/2 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Smita and Srini Conjeevaram