Not currently on display at the V&A

Shoulder Cloth

ca. 1988 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shoulder cloth or dupatta of plain tussar silk filled with scattered embroidered red cotton lozenges. Cotton pallav of plain red stripes and black stripes with weft ikat dyed decoration of flowers and fishes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Embroidered silk with cotton, ikat dyed
Brief description
Shoulder cloth or dupatta of embroidered and ikat dyed silk and cotton, Odisha, ca. 1988
Physical description
Shoulder cloth or dupatta of plain tussar silk filled with scattered embroidered red cotton lozenges. Cotton pallav of plain red stripes and black stripes with weft ikat dyed decoration of flowers and fishes.
Dimensions
  • Length: 198cm
  • Width: 98cm
Object history
Acquired in Nuapatna in 1988.
Bibliographic reference
Indian ikat textiles / Rosemary Crill. London: V&A Publications, 1998 Number: 1851772421 p. 115, pl. 99
Collection
Accession number
IS.3-1988

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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