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Wrapped Garment

c.1872 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Hugli (made)
West Bengal (made)

Wrapped garment in white muslin or fine cotton, with woven and embroidered pattern in indigo blue. The side borders and part of the end border are woven but contain part of a row of embroidered buta. Complete piece.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Embroidery
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Wrapped garment
Materials and techniques
Woven muslin or fine cotton
Cotton
Muslin
Woven
Embroidering
Brief description
Wrapped garment of white muslin with borders and end patterned in blue, Hugli, West Bengal, c.1872
Physical description
Wrapped garment in white muslin or fine cotton, with woven and embroidered pattern in indigo blue. The side borders and part of the end border are woven but contain part of a row of embroidered buta. Complete piece.
Dimensions
  • Length: 516cm (approx.)
  • Width: 107cm (approx.)
Dimensions variable.
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 11929: 'Cotton Scarf - Black flowers on White / Hooghly Calcutta / Original nos.3593 / pattern pressed on'.
Historical context
Intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Subject depicted
Buta
Bibliographic reference
Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.68
Other number
11929 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
0221(IS)

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Record createdMarch 18, 2005
Record URL
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