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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Vadodara (made) Gujarat (made)

Sari, cotton, resist-printed and dip-dyed, the field is red with yellow spots, the ends and borders are dip-dyed in blue, the ends have rows of buta printed with spots to resemble tie-dye. Decorative patterned borders.

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Categories	Textiles Clothing Womenswear Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
Object type	Sari
Materials and techniques	Woven cotton, resist-printed and dip-dyed Cotton (Textile) Woven Resist
Brief description	Woman's wrapped garment (sari), printed cotton, Vadodara, Gujarat, c.1881-2
Physical description	Sari, cotton, resist-printed and dip-dyed, the field is red with yellow spots, the ends and borders are dip-dyed in blue, the ends have rows of buta printed with spots to resemble tie-dye. Decorative patterned borders.
Dimensions	Length: 374cm (approx.) Width: 109cm
Object history	Acquired by Caspar Purdon Clarke during his purchasing trip to India in 1881 to 1882. 1883 Register entry: WOMAN'S DRESS, " SARI." In form of a shawl with narrow side and long end borders. Centre of yellow spots on red ground. Borders of red and yellow cones and sprays on dark blue ground. Baroda. L. 13 ft., W. 3 ft. 7 in. 40. I.S. 1883.
Historical context	Intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Bibliographic reference	Tie-dyed textiles of India : tradition and trade / Veronica Murphy and Rosemary Crill. London: Victoria and Albert Museum :in association with Mapin Publishing, 1991 Number: 0944142303 p. 60, ill.,
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.40-1883

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O478983/sari-unknown/

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