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Garment Fragment

ca. 1855-1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of heavy woven cotton man's garment, heavy woven cotton, rust-coloured with a small latticework design in green. Orange patterned border and green, black and white at one end.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven cotton
Brief description
Textile, man's garment fragment, woven cotton, Nurpur, ca. 1855-1879
Physical description
Fragment of heavy woven cotton man's garment, heavy woven cotton, rust-coloured with a small latticework design in green. Orange patterned border and green, black and white at one end.
Dimensions
  • Length: 240cm
  • Width: 73cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No 21./From Hydrabad Sind/"Chandree"./Manufactured at/Nurrapore/Price Rs 2. 4. 1.' (Handwritten paper label, attached to object. )
  • 'Mans Garment/Sind/Book no (102/345' (Forbes Watson The Collections of the Textile Manufactures of India (1866) catalogue label, handwritten. paper.)
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
The complete object would have been intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
8021(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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