Bandanna handkerchief piece-goods
Handkerchief Length
c.1880 (Made)
c.1880 (Made)
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Continuous purple silk piece-goods with repeated tie-dyed ('bandhana') pattern in red and white. The fabric is designed to be cut into individual bandanna handkerchief.
Object details
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Title | Bandanna handkerchief piece-goods (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Tie-dyed silk |
Brief description | Length of tie-dyed silk bandanna handkerchiefs, Baharampur, West Bengal, c.1830-80 |
Physical description | Continuous purple silk piece-goods with repeated tie-dyed ('bandhana') pattern in red and white. The fabric is designed to be cut into individual bandanna handkerchief. |
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Gallery label | BENGAL HANDKERCHIEFS
Traders exported handkerchiefs made in Bengal to Europe and North America. Printed silk choppas (from Hindi chhapna: 'to print') were hugely popular, as were tie-dyed silk bandannoes (from Hindi bandhana: 'to tie'), the origin of the modern bandanna handkerchief. Fine Bengali cottons were also used for handkerchiefs, sometimes with mottos or names woven into their borders.
Length of bandannoe handkerchiefs
Tie-dyed silk
Berhampur, West Bengal, 1830-80
V&A: IS.678-1883
Choppa handkerchief
Printed silk
Kasimbazar, West Bengal, 1820-50
V&A: IS.17-2008
Personalised handkerchief
Cotton with silk borders, woven with the name and titles of Colonel T.H. Hendley
Santipur, West Bengal, 1898-1903
Given by Mrs G.M. Hendley
V&A: IS.218-1992
(03/10/2015-10/01/2016) |
Object history | Tie-dyed silk pieces were exported by the East India Company from Berhampur to Britain in the mid-18th century to become the 'bandanna' handkerchiefs and scarves. |
Production | Berhampur is close to Murshidabad town. |
Bibliographic references |
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Other number | IND.LOST.475 - Previous lost number |
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Accession number | IS.678-1883 |
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Record created | April 8, 2005 |
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