Jamdani Muslin
ca. 1855 (made)
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Fragment of muslin woven with horizontal double zigzag design in green, in jamdani technique.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven muslin, with cotton secondary weave |
| Brief description | Length of white muslin patterned with supplementary weft brocading (jamdani) in wavy green lines, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, c.1855. |
| Physical description | Fragment of muslin woven with horizontal double zigzag design in green, in jamdani technique. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip Book entry 8297: '2 Piece of Muslin 1 White & Green 1 Chocolate / Chicacole Travoncore, Madras / 55'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's Second Series of The Textile Manufactures of India (1874) vol 864-920, no.887. |
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| Associated object | 8805(IS) (Design) |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, et al. Collection of Specimens and Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. Second Series, India Museum, 1874.
'MUSLIN. / Length 15 Yds.; Width 32 Ins; Weight, 1 lb. / CHICACOLE, MADRAS. / No.887, SECOND SERIES. / "8297". |
| Other number | 8297 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 8780(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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