Choli Cloth
c.1855 (made)
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Textile fragment, yellow dyed cotton or muslin, woven with checks in silver-wrapped thread, borders of red cotton woven with silver-wrapped thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton or muslin and silver-wrapped thread |
| Brief description | Yardage for tailoring women's blouses (cholis), green muslin patterned with checks in silver-wrapped thread, Hyderabad, Telangana, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Textile fragment, yellow dyed cotton or muslin, woven with checks in silver-wrapped thread, borders of red cotton woven with silver-wrapped thread. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'MADRAS TARIFF/ENG. NAME. Yellow Chowhes gold flowered/SYN./TAMIL. Munjul Saregay RavooKay/PRODUCE OR MANUFACTURE Hydrabad/ PRICE Rupees 4 As 8/WHERE PROCURABLE. Bazar/USE./REMARKS.' (Printed and handwritten paper label, attached to object. ) |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum slip book entry 8402: '3 Samples of Gauze for Cholees Bordered / Hyderabad / 55.' |
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| Other number | 8402 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 8173(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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