Not currently on display at the V&A

Printed Cotton

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

Fragment of block printed cotton, printed all over with a repeat of a small flowering plant, in green, red, blue 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 yardage, Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh, c.1855
Physical description
Fragment of block printed cotton, printed all over with a repeat of a small flowering plant, in green, red, blue and black on a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 292cm (maximum)
  • Width: 110cm
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 8308: '4 Pieces of Cotton Print / Futtyghur / 55'.
Subject depicted
Associated object
5366(IS) (Shared Other number)
Other number
8308 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
5360(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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