Textile Fragment
c. 1700-1750 (made)
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Fragment of cotton dress fabric embroidered with coloured silks and strips of silver-gilt wire. The pattern is composed of horizontal rows of a repeated poppy plant bearing three salmon-tinted flowers, buds and serrated leaves in two shades of green. Worked in Sindhi stitch and outlined by couched strips of silver-gilt wire.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton, embroidered with silk floss and metal-wrapped thread |
| Brief description | Fragment of dress fabric, cotton, embroidered with silk floss and metal-wrapped thread, Mughal (probably Delhi), c.1700-50; Textiles; Clothing |
| Physical description | Fragment of cotton dress fabric embroidered with coloured silks and strips of silver-gilt wire. The pattern is composed of horizontal rows of a repeated poppy plant bearing three salmon-tinted flowers, buds and serrated leaves in two shades of green. Worked in Sindhi stitch and outlined by couched strips of silver-gilt wire. |
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| Gallery label | FRAGMENTS OF DRESS FABRIC
Cotton, embroidered with silk floss and metal-wrapped thread
Mughal
1700-50
IM.54-1924
Given by N.H. Heeramaneck
Muslin, hand-drawn, printed and dyed, with applied gold leaf
Hyderabad, Deccan
18th century
IM.50-1924
Given by N.H. Heeramaneck
These fragments of floral dress fabric came from the textile stores of the Nizams of Hyderabad. The first Nizam was the Mughal governor of Hyderabad, and Mughal styles heavily influenced Hyderabad’s court culture. The Nizams ruled Hyderabad independently from 1724 to 1948. In that time they amassed one of the richest textile collections in the world.
(01/08/2017) |
| Credit line | Given by N.H. Heeramaneck, Esq. |
| Object history | Formerly in the collection of the Nizams of Hyderabad. |
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| Accession number | IM.54-1924 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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