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Textile

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Tiruchchirappalli (made)
Madras (made)

Length of fine cotton, tie-dyed in red with a latticework design in spots in yellow and green.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
Hats & Headwear
India Museum
Object type
Textile
Materials and techniques
Woven cotton, tie-dyed
Cotton (Textile)
Woven
Tie-Dyed
Brief description
Textile, tie-dyed cotton, Madras, probably Tiruchchirappalli, ca. 1855
Physical description
Length of fine cotton, tie-dyed in red with a latticework design in spots in yellow and green.
Dimensions
  • Length: 167cm (maximum)
  • Width: 94cm
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Subject depicted
Latticework
Bibliographic references
  • No. 347 in Forbes Watson, The Textile Manufactures of India, 1866.
  • Tie-dyed textiles of India : tradition and trade / Veronica Murphy and Rosemary Crill. London: Victoria and Albert Museum :in association with Mapin Publishing, 1991 Number: 0944142303 pp.112-3, pl. 117
Other number
2680 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
8916(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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