Sari
c.1881-82 (made)
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Woven cream coloured cotton with gold border incorporating rosettes at both ends, pallu with broad gold band and boteh motifs. The central section has plain purple silk borders.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton |
| Brief description | Woman's wrapped garment (sari), white cotton with silk and gold borders and ends, probabaly Madurai, Tamil Nadu, c.1881-82 |
| Physical description | Woven cream coloured cotton with gold border incorporating rosettes at both ends, pallu with broad gold band and boteh motifs. The central section has plain purple silk borders. |
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| Object history | Acquired by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881-1882. 1883 South Kensington Register Entry: 'DRESS PIECE (Sari). Cream cotton. One side border has four rows of blue rosettes on a gold ground, reduced after a short distance to three rows; the other has three rows succeeded by a plain blue silk band. The principal end border has one broad gold band woven to form a small diaper pattern, with bands of cones and leaf and other ornament on a cream ground, with two large cones above. Madras. 19th cent. L. 26 ft. 1 in., W. 3 ft. 10 in. Bought, £6. 1779.-1883. (I.S.).' |
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| Accession number | IS.1779-1883 |
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| Record created | August 1, 2008 |
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