
- Sari
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Sari
- Place of origin:
Nagpur (made)
- Date:
c.1855 (made)
- Museum number:
5202(IS)
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Sari in fragments, blue cotton field. Pallu (decorative end) with metal-wrapped thread wefts and red silk warp, with two bands of tapestry woven floral meander in coloured silks. Side borders of silk and metal-wrapped thread in diamond pattern
Place of Origin
Nagpur (made)
Date
c.1855 (made)
Dimensions
Width: 124 cm Decorative end fragment, Length: 115 cm Decorative end fragment, Length: 201 cm Second field fragment, Length: 201.5 cm First field fragment
Object history note
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Slip book entry 2909: 'Man's garment or Scarf (Woman Sarre) / Dupatta / Nagpore / 55 / Blue cotton gauze Gold and Silk borders and ends.
Descriptive line
Sari in fragments, blue cotton with decorative end of metal-wrapped thread and silk, Nagpur, c.1855; Textiles; Women's Clothes; Clothing
Materials
Cotton (textile); Silk (thread); Metal-wrapped thread
Techniques
Weaving
Categories
Textiles; Women's clothes; Clocks & Watches; Parasol Foundation Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection