Sari
c.1867 (made)
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Complete deep yellow silk sari, with fine red checks, one end has a deep yellow and lighter yellow border, with a fine red stripe, the other end has bands of bright pink with stripes of yellow and metal-wrapped thread. The side borders are plain yellow with stripes of white, green and pink.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, woven |
| Brief description | Woman's wrapped garment (sari), purple and yellow checked silk with dip-dyed magenta pallu, Bangalore, Karnataka, c.1867 |
| Physical description | Complete deep yellow silk sari, with fine red checks, one end has a deep yellow and lighter yellow border, with a fine red stripe, the other end has bands of bright pink with stripes of yellow and metal-wrapped thread. The side borders are plain yellow with stripes of white, green and pink. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'MYSORE/Silk Puttay Seeray/or/Native Lady's cloth/Value Rs. 23-4-" Bangalore' (Handwritten and printed paper label, attached to object, damaged) |
| Gallery label | CHECKED SARI
This sari incorporates many south Indian characteristics: vivid colours, a checked pattern and a deep pallu (end border). To create the checks and silver bands, extra weft threads were added during weaving. The warp threads were resist-dyed to make the change from yellow to magenta. The intentionally blurred effect where the colour changes is also typical of south Indian weaving.
Silk with silver-wrapped thread
Bengaluru, Karnataka, about 1867
V&A: 6107 (IS)(03/10/2015-10/01/2016) |
| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book 5762: 'Woman's garment / Puttay Seeray / Bangalore, Mysore / Price Rs. 23-4 / 1867 / Original nos. 181' |
| Historical context | Intended for use as a garment, clothing. |
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| Other number | 5762 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 6107(IS) |
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| Record created | December 22, 1999 |
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