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Ceremonial cloth (mata hari), coastal southeast India, made for the Indonesian market, late 18th or 19th century. Karun Thakar Collection, London. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Garment, India, Nagaland, c. 1900. The Textile Museum Collection 1984.1.1. Ruth Lincoln Fisher Memorial Fund. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Sutra wrapper, Coromandel Coast (embroidered and assembled in Sri Lanka), 19th century. Karun Thakar Collection, London. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Swat tunic. Karun Thakar Collection, London. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Woman’s shawl or head-cover (bagh), Hazara region, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, 19th century. Karun Thakar Collection, London. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Kantha, West Bengal, late 19th century. Karun Thakar Collection, London. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Choga embroidered with figurative scenes, Kashmir, c.1830. Karun Thakar Collection, London. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Fragment of a furnishing fabric or garment, probably Gujarat, western India, late 14th/mid-15th century. Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1209. Photo by Bruce M. White Photography. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Handkerchief, India, Himachal Pradesh, Chamba, 18th/19th century. The Textile Museum Collection 6.318. Museum purchase. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Photo by Dave Scavone.

Photo by Dave Scavone

Photo by Gabrielle Rhoads/the George Washington University.

Fragment of a chintz textile (detail), Coastal southeast India, c. late 17th/early 18th century. The Textile Museum Collection 6.41. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1931. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Textile fragment, India, 11th-16th century. The Textile Museum Collection 6.118. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1947. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.

Hanging, southeast India, 17th/18th century. Karun Thakar Collection, London. Courtesy of The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum.