Textile
ca. 1881-1882 (made)
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Fragment of a textile, woven silk brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread and blue and pink silk thread. An overall design in gold-wrapped thread of meandering plants and stylised flower heads picked out in coloured silks in regular rows.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped and silk thread |
| Brief description | Textile, fragment, woven silk, gold-wrapped and silk thread brocade, Varanasi, ca. 1881-1882 |
| Physical description | Fragment of a textile, woven silk brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread and blue and pink silk thread. An overall design in gold-wrapped thread of meandering plants and stylised flower heads picked out in coloured silks in regular rows. |
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| Object history | Acquired by Caspar Purdon-Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881 to 1882. |
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| Accession number | IS.787-1883 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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