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Textile Fragment

18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of woven pashmina (goat hair), pale green, with a diaper pattern of tiny trefoil sprigs in buff, outlined in crimson, on green stems. Part of a narrow guard border survives, of the same pattern between two narrow crimson stripes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven pashmina (goat hair)
Brief description
Fragment, from Tipu war dress, woven pashmina (goat hair), Kashmir, India, 18th century
Physical description
Fragment of woven pashmina (goat hair), pale green, with a diaper pattern of tiny trefoil sprigs in buff, outlined in crimson, on green stems. Part of a narrow guard border survives, of the same pattern between two narrow crimson stripes.
Dimensions
  • Length: 10cm
  • Width: 9.5cm
Credit line
Given by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Object history
From a collection of textile fragments (IS.6 to IS.33-1972), samples from the many quilted interlinings of a jacket, part of the 'Rich War Dress' of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore. This jacket was among the trophies of Seringapatam (Sriringapatna) presented to the Crown by Lord Wellesley in 1799. Samples removed during recent (1971) conservation of the jacket.

Registered File number 1972/71.
Collection
Accession number
IS.20-1972

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Record createdSeptember 15, 2008
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