Not currently on display at the V&A

Printed Cotton

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

Fragments of block printed cotton, printed all over with a repeat of a small flowering plant, in purple, red and black on a white ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven cotton, block printed
Brief description
Cut piece of printed cotton, Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh, c.1855
Physical description
Fragments of block printed cotton, printed all over with a repeat of a small flowering plant, in purple, red and black on a white ground.
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 953: 'Cotton Print / Jeypore - Futtyghurh / 55 / Good quality'.
Subject depicted
Other number
953 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
7371(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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