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Textile

ca. 1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of a wrapped garment, reversible. One side is magenta with squares of gold-wrapped thread containing green spots; the reverse green with squares of gold-wrapped thread containing magenta spots; a deep end border and side borders of gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread, the end border also features alternate stripes of magenta, green and gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk, gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread, woven
Brief description
Textiles, fragment of a reversible silk garment, Varanasi, ca. 1867
Physical description
Fragment of a wrapped garment, reversible. One side is magenta with squares of gold-wrapped thread containing green spots; the reverse green with squares of gold-wrapped thread containing magenta spots; a deep end border and side borders of gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread, the end border also features alternate stripes of magenta, green and gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread.
Dimensions
  • Length: 278cm
  • Width: 138cm
cut piece
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book 6369: 'Scarf / Loongee Doorookhee / Benares / Price Rs. 125 / 1867 / Original nos. 3703 / of different colours on the opposite sides'
Historical context
The complete object would have been intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Subjects depicted
Other number
6369 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
7231(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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