Not currently on display at the V&A

Thread

ca. 1855-1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
India (made)

Bundle of skeins of gold-wrapped thread.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Thread
Materials and techniques
Gold-wrapped silk thread
Silk Thread
Gold-Wrapped Thread
Gold
Drawn
Brief description
Textile, bundle of skeins, gold-wrapped thread, India, ca. 1855-1879
Physical description
Bundle of skeins of gold-wrapped thread.
Dimensions
  • Bundle length: 13cm (maximum)
  • Bundle width: 7cm
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
Intended for use in embellishments for textiles.
Bibliographic reference
Ashmore, Sonia: Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015, "The Parasol Foundation Trust Programme: digitising and cataloguing the V&A's South Asian collection.", p.107, pl. 26.
Other number
372 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
6323(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O480479/thread-unknown/
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