Fragment
ca. 1855-1879 (made)
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Fragments of a fine cotton wrapped garment, dyed dark blue and tie-dyed with red, white and yellow designs, with a red end border. The odhani has been folded in half before knottingt in order to achieve symmetry in the pattern.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton, woven and tie-dyed |
| Brief description | Textiles, fragments of a fine cotton tie-dyed garment, Rajasthan, ca. 1855-1879. |
| Physical description | Fragments of a fine cotton wrapped garment, dyed dark blue and tie-dyed with red, white and yellow designs, with a red end border. The odhani has been folded in half before knottingt in order to achieve symmetry in the pattern. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. |
| Historical context | The complete piece would have been intended for use as clothing, a garment. |
| Bibliographic reference | 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
p. 79, cat. no. 57, ill. |
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| Accession number | 4399(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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