Brocade
c.1867 (made)
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Magenta silk brocaded with a floral pattern in silver and silver-gilt-wrapped thread. The floral butas formed of a lower section of foliage in silver, and an upper section of four blossoms in silver-gilt, one large on top with a silver centre, and three smaller below with green silk centres
Object details
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| Brief description | Fragment of kamkhwab (kincob), magenta silk brocaded with silver and silver-gilt wrapped thread, Nagod, Madhya Pradesh, c.1867; Textiles |
| Physical description | Magenta silk brocaded with a floral pattern in silver and silver-gilt-wrapped thread. The floral butas formed of a lower section of foliage in silver, and an upper section of four blossoms in silver-gilt, one large on top with a silver centre, and three smaller below with green silk centres |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1978. Slip book entry 7091: '1 yd of gold & silk cloth / Kinkhaub / Nagode / Price Rs.55-8-9 / 1867 / Original nos. 1129'. Listed the 'List of Articles to be forwarded to The Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 through the Central Committee for Bengal' as one the pieces sent 'From the Political Assistant, Nagode': 'A piece of kamkhab of magenta silk, with gold and silver flowers'. Transferred on loan to the Circulation department, possibly in 1935. |
| Associated object | 0682(IS) (Part) |
| Other number | 7091 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9746(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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