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Jamdani Muslin

c.1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Length of white muslin, with all over supplementary weft decoration (jamdani) of red sprigs in cotton.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Muslin, jamdani
Brief description
White muslin with red supplementary weft decoration (jamdani) of small butis, Hyderabad, Telangana c.1855
Physical description
Length of white muslin, with all over supplementary weft decoration (jamdani) of red sprigs in cotton.
Dimensions
  • Length: 332cm
  • Width: 77cm
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879.
Subject depicted
Associated object
8695(IS) (Design)
Collection
Accession number
8648(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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