Kamkhwab
c.1855 (made)
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Textile, cut pieces, silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread and green silk in a whirlwind motif.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, gold-wrapped and silk brocade |
| Brief description | Fragments cut from a kamkhwab (kincob) garment, red silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread woven in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, ca. 1855 |
| Physical description | Textile, cut pieces, silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread and green silk in a whirlwind motif. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry 11626: 'Kinkaub Coat [and] Trowsers [only] Jacket & Skirt / oodypore / 55 / Kinkaub probably made in Ahmedabad / Ungurka & Coat Taken out for Second Series of F-Book'. Swatches cut from the original garment (a coat or jacket) appear in John Forbes Watson's Second Series of The Textile Manufactures of India (1874) vol.401-458, no.431. |
| Historical context | Used for garments, clothing. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, et al. Collection of Specimens and Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. Second Series, India Museum, 1874.
'KINCOB. / Width, 30 1/2 Ins. / AHMEDABAD / No.431, SECOND SERIES / "11626"'.' |
| Other number | 11626 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 7564(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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