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Textile

Textile

  • Place of origin:

    Madras (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1855-1879 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Silk, woven

  • Museum number:

    7160(IS)

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

Physical description

Fragment of plaid silk, in green, red, blue and yellow.

Place of Origin

Madras (made)

Date

ca. 1855-1879 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Silk, woven

Dimensions

Length: 132 cm, Width: 57 cm

Object history note

Transferred from India Museum 1879.

Historical context note

The complete piece would have been intended for use as a garment, clothing.

Descriptive line

Textile, fragment of plaid silk, Madras, ca. 1855-1879.

Materials

Silk

Techniques

Woven

Subjects depicted

Plaid

Categories

Clothing; Textiles; Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project; India Museum

Collection

South & South East Asia Collection

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