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Bodice

ca. 1872 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Dharwar (made)
Karnataka (made)

Woman's bodice or choli, dark blue cotton with dark pink silk and cotton borders, bodice and part of sleeves embroidered in dark pink and yellow floss silk.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Embroidery
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Bodice
Materials and techniques
Floss Silk
Cotton (Textile)
Silk (Textile)
Embroidered
Brief description
Woman's bodice, dark blue and red with yellow and red embrodiery, Dharwar, Karnataka, ca. 1872; Women's Clothes
Physical description
Woman's bodice or choli, dark blue cotton with dark pink silk and cotton borders, bodice and part of sleeves embroidered in dark pink and yellow floss silk.
Dimensions
  • Back of neck to hem length: 30cm
  • Wrist to wrist, across shoulders width: 87cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'INDIA no 583b/Bombay./Division II.-MANUFACTURES, Class 8.-/COTTON&COTTON FABRICS./Name of fabrics/'Choley' (Black) from Dharwar/Material of which it is made/English made cloth/Exhibitors Name/Government of Bombay/Address/Reasons for/Exhibition/to illustrate the different uses of cotton/Price at place of production Rs 2-8-0/Price in London./REMARKS,&c. (For further infomation, see Catalogue') (printed and handwritten 1872 Exhibition card label, attached to object)
  • 'INTERNATIONAL P/INDIA COLLEC/DISTRICT-SOUTHERN NA/NO 531/Descrip/I NAME OF ARTICLE 'Choolee" woman's bodice/II how many of same the piece contains/one/III size of each / Price Rs 2.8.0 or 5/-shillings V/use worn by Hindoo females as/a bodice/it confines the bosom/VI where manufactured/Hooblee in the Dharwaar Zilla/VII material Cotton. Silk. and Wool/VIII description of manufacturer&cetera Made as the "Muga" shown in the Collections/under 'No.M' and afterwards/sewn up and embroidered by women (by hand)' (Paper label attached to object)
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
Intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
8258(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O476900/bodice-unknown/
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