Length of voided velvet with Eight-pointed Star, Lotuses, and Carnations

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, 2021; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.

Length of voided velvet with Eight-pointed Star, Lotuses, and Carnations

Shamin Ansari

2021

Accession Number

272722

Medium

Silk and silver metal-wrapped thread; voided cut velvet on satin foundation over a cloth of silver background

Dimensions

254 × 99.1 cm (100 × 39 1/16 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Smita and Srini Conjeevaram