Not currently on display at the V&A

Textile

ca. 1873 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Length of white cotton.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton, woven
Brief description
Textile, white cotton, from Shache (Yarkand), China, ca. 1873
Physical description
Length of white cotton.
Dimensions
  • Length: 304cm
  • Width: 106cm
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Part of an ethnological collection acquired by Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth from Yarkand (Shache in Chinese) in 1873-4.
Historical context
Possibly intended for use as clothing.
Other number
12,970 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
2046(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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