Sash
late 17th century-early 18th century (made)
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This elegant sash (patka) is for a man to wear around the waist of a long, gathered robe. The long floral sprays are meant to be displayed hanging down at the side of the robe. The design is made by the mordanting and dyeing techniques associated with South-East India, and may have been made for one of the Deccani courts.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Stencilled, hand-painted, and dyed cotton |
| Brief description | Sash (patka) of stencilled, hand-painted and dyed cotton, probably Burhanpur, late 17th century-early 18th century. |
| Physical description | Sash (patka) of stencilled, hand-painted, undyed and dyed cotton. With end borders each with five long floral sprays in dyed red, blue and blue-green. Four narrow horizontal borders with floral meander patterns separating the end borders from the field. There is an East India Company stamp at one end. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | HEIC [in a quartered shield with a cross on top] (East India Company stamp, at one end) |
| Gallery label | SASH (patka): Cotton, stencilled, painted and dyed, Deccan, probably Burhanpur, late 17th and early 18th century.(Nehru Gallery, 2001) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Sir Michael Sadler |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Sir Michael Sadler. |
| Production | Deccan, probably Burhanpur |
| Summary | This elegant sash (patka) is for a man to wear around the waist of a long, gathered robe. The long floral sprays are meant to be displayed hanging down at the side of the robe. The design is made by the mordanting and dyeing techniques associated with South-East India, and may have been made for one of the Deccani courts. |
| Bibliographic reference | Gittinger, Mattiebelle, Master Dyers to the World: technique and trade in early Indian dyed cotton textiles, Washington D.C. Textile Museum, 1982 |
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| Accession number | IS.100-1948 |
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| Record created | May 15, 2008 |
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