Dress Fabric
1800-1899 (made)
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Fragment of printed cotton, presumably from a garment. Resist dyed, block printed, plain weave cotton; three pieces sewn together.
Red ground with off-set rows of small yellow spots with red centres. Very fine cotton. There is a vertical seam running the entire length and a horizontal seam two thirds of the way up the right hand side.
Red ground with off-set rows of small yellow spots with red centres. Very fine cotton. There is a vertical seam running the entire length and a horizontal seam two thirds of the way up the right hand side.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Resist dyed, block printed, plain weave cotton |
| Brief description | Fragment of printed cotton, India, 1800-1899 |
| Physical description | Fragment of printed cotton, presumably from a garment. Resist dyed, block printed, plain weave cotton; three pieces sewn together. Red ground with off-set rows of small yellow spots with red centres. Very fine cotton. There is a vertical seam running the entire length and a horizontal seam two thirds of the way up the right hand side. |
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| Credit line | Given anonymously |
| Object history | Registered File number 1994/1650. |
| Production | Thought to be Persian when acquired. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wearden, Jennifer Persian Printed Cottons. Exeter: Webb & Bower, 1989, plate 32.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.700-1994 |
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| Record created | May 13, 2008 |
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