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Kamkhwab

ca. 1858 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Aurangabad (made)

Pieces from a length of red silk with staggered rows of stylised flowers brocaded in gold-wrapped thread.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Kamkhwab
Parts
This object consists of 6 parts.

  • Textile
  • Textile
  • Textile
  • Textile
  • Textile
  • Textile
Materials and techniques
Woven silk and gold-wrapped thread
Silk (Textile)
Gold-Wrapped Thread
Woven
Brocaded
Brief description
Kamkhwab, silk with metal-wrapped thread, red with gold floral motif, Aurangabad, c. 1858; Textiles
Physical description
Pieces from a length of red silk with staggered rows of stylised flowers brocaded in gold-wrapped thread.
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 4082: 'Brocade / Kincob / Aurungabad Deccan / 58 / Crimson & gold flowers / Fine Example'. 1880 Register Entry: [ROOM 8. Case 60.] '0819. "KINCOB." Crimson ground, gold pattern; Aurungabad, Deccan. 4,082'. Slip book entry 4082: 'Brocade / Kincob / Aurangabad, Deccan / 58 / Crimson & Gold Flowers Fine Example'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's Second Series of The Textile Manufactures of India (1874), no.439.
Subject depicted
Flowers
Bibliographic reference
Watson, J. Forbes, et al. Collection of Specimens and Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. Second Series, India Museum, 1874. 'KINCOB. / Length, 5 Yds 7 1/2 Ins.; Width, 31 Ins.; Weight, 2 lb. 9 oz. 12 dr. Price per Yard £5 5s. / AURUNGABAD. / No.439, SECOND SERIES. / "4082".'
Other number
4082 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
0819(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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