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Kamkhwab

c.1855 (made)
Place of origin

Kamkhwab (kincob), silk brocaded with metal-wrapped thread, green ground with red flowers and gold creepers, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, c.1855; Textiles


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Textile
  • Textile
  • Textile
  • Textile
Materials and techniques
Woven silk, brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread, and silk thread
Brief description
Kamkhwab (kincob), silk brocaded with metal-wrapped thread, green ground with red flowers and gold creepers, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, c.1855; Textiles
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry 8407: 'Brocade Cloth / Gold Crimson & Green Colors / Ahmedabad / 55'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's Second Series of The Textile Manufactures of India (1874) vol.401-458, no.425.
Subject depicted
Associated object
7565(IS) (Part)
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, 2 Yds. 7 1/2 Ins.; Width, 33 1/4 Ins.; Weight, 1 lb. 5 oz. 6 dr. Price per Yard £2 14s / AHMEDABAD. / No. 425, Second Series / "8407".'
Other numbers
  • 9627C/(IS) - Incorrect number
  • 8407 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
5809(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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