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Textile

ca. 1872 (made)
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Not currently on display at the V&A

Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place Of Origin
Kanpur (made)

Fragment of block printed coarse cotton, with a star repeat in terracotta.


object details
Categories
Textiles
Household Objects
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object Type
Textile
Materials and Techniques
Woven cotton, block printed
Cotton
Block Printed
Resist-Dyed
Woven
Brief Description
Textile, fragment, block printed cotton, Kanpur, ca. 1872
Physical Description
Fragment of block printed coarse cotton, with a star repeat in terracotta.
Dimensions
  • Length: 80cm
  • Width: 40cm
Marks and Inscriptions
  • Undeciphered inscription. (Handwritten paper label on back of object.)
  • 'No 538/D./INDIA./N.W. Provinces./Heading, Division,-II/CLASS VIII/No. 110/1877 [in pencil]80' (Printed and handwritten exhibition label, on back of object. )
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
The complete object was probably intended for use as domestic textiles.
Subject depicted
Star
Other Number
4589 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession Number
8333:11/(IS)

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record createdNovember 12, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1274649/textile-unknown/