Textile
ca. 1873 (made)
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Length of purple silk, brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread in diagonal bands of meandering plant designs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread brocade |
| Brief description | Length of silk brocaded with gold and silver, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, c.1873 |
| Physical description | Length of purple silk, brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread in diagonal bands of meandering plant designs. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry 11967: 'Brocade Crimson Gold & Silver / Kincob / Benares / 1873 / of Vienna Exb'n / £14- for 5 yards / Original nos.3873-105 / A Sample of one yards'. |
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| Other number | 11967 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 9747(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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