Not currently on display at the V&A

Textile

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

Silk fragments, two pinned together, dark blue with fine yellow stripes throughout,


Object details

Categories
Clothing
Textiles
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Textile
Materials and techniques
Silk, woven
Silk (Textile)
Woven
Brief description
Textiles, 2 himru fragments pinned together, Aurangabad, ca. 1867.
Physical description
Silk fragments, two pinned together, dark blue with fine yellow stripes throughout,
Dimensions
  • Larger fragment length: 83cm
  • Width: 20cm
  • Length: 15cm
  • Width: 11cm
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
Intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Subject depicted
Stripes
Other number
5908 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
7074(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O478669/textile-unknown/
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