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Daughter-in-Law of the King of Banaras Tapestry Blanket

Daughter-in-Law of the King of Banaras Tapestry Blanket

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✓ Jacquard-woven cotton throw  ·  ✓ Soft & reversible  ·  ✓ Made to order for you

This gum tempera, ink and gold painting, made around 1560 for the Mughal emperor Akbar's court, illustrates a tale from the Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot), a Persian story collection in which a clever parrot tells fifty-two moralizing stories to keep a young wife distracted from an affair. Painted by artists in Akbar's royal workshop, the Cleveland Museum of Art's Tuti-nama is considered one of the earliest and most important surviving manuscripts of Mughal painting, blending Persian delicacy with bold Indian color. The page is held in the museum's public-domain collection.

Jacquard-woven in soft, durable cotton — a warm, fully reversible throw for the sofa, bed or reading chair.

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