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Mosquito Netting

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

Length of red wild silk net in a gauze weave, used for mosquito netting.


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Brief description
Mosquito netting, red wild silk in a gauze weave, Bhagalpur, West Bengal, c.1855
Physical description
Length of red wild silk net in a gauze weave, used for mosquito netting.
Dimensions
  • Length: 474cm
  • Width: 78cm
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879. Swatches cut from this textile appear in John Forbes Watson's The Textile Manufactures of India (1866), Vol. XIV, No.555.
Bibliographic reference
Watson, J. Forbes, and Great Britain. India Office. The Textile Manufactures of India. India Office, 1866. 'Prov.562 / INDIA FABRICS. / No.555 / SILK GAUZE. / Silk gauze used for musquito curtains. / Length 11 yards; width 31 inches. Weight 5 3/4 oz. Price 1l. 12s. / From BHAGULPORE; BENGAL.
Other number
3395 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
7794(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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