Cotton Cloth
c.1855 (made)
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Part of a length of fine woven cotton, woven with blue vertical and horizontal stripes with vertical bands of blue and red flower heads in between.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton |
| Brief description | Length of white cotton patterned with blue checks and blue and pink stripes, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Part of a length of fine woven cotton, woven with blue vertical and horizontal stripes with vertical bands of blue and red flower heads in between. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 2818: 'Cotton Cloth Colored Stripes / Seynoo / Beanres / 55 / Samples only 2 pieces'. |
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| Other number | 2818 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 8599(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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