Kanjivaram Sari
1850–1899
- Medium
- Silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk thread; plain weave with supplementary patterning warp and supplementary brocading weft; extended and knotted warp fringe
- Dimensions
- 478.8 × 115.6 cm (188 1/2 × 45 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Sari (garment)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
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