Sari
c.1855 (made)
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Pieces of pale blue coarse cotton or muslin, with darker spots woven in jamdani.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Muslin or cotton, woven including jamdani |
| Brief description | Fragments of a woman's wrapped garment (sari), blue muslin patterned with brocaded (jamdani) dots, Ganjam, Odisha, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Pieces of pale blue coarse cotton or muslin, with darker spots woven in jamdani. |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson’s The Textile Manufactures of India (1866), vol.V, no.189. |
| Historical context | Intended for use as a garment, clothing. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, and Great Britain. India Office. The Textile Manufactures of India. India Office, 1866.
'INDIAN FABRICS. / No.189 / WOMAN'S GARMENT. / Muslin: narrow strip of gold worked in the end. / Length 8 yards 18 inches; width 1 yard 9 inches; weight 1 lbs 4 oz.; price 6s. 9d. / From GANGAM; bought in MADRAS. / Prov.No.16.' |
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| Accession number | 8552(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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