Textile
ca. 1881-1882 (made)
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Complete length of coarse resist-dyed, block-printed and painted cotton, green ground with stripes in red, white, blue and back. Both ends finished with a horizontal yellow band with red dots.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton, block printed |
| Brief description | Bolt of cloth, green cotton with red and blue stripes, Ajmer, Rajasthan, c.1881-1882; Textiles |
| Physical description | Complete length of coarse resist-dyed, block-printed and painted cotton, green ground with stripes in red, white, blue and back. Both ends finished with a horizontal yellow band with red dots. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Paper label with 'SKM 545') |
| Object history | Acquired by Caspar Purdon Clarke on his purchasing trip to India in 1881 to 1882. 1883 Register entry: "COTTON CLOTH. Printed with stripes in red, blue, black, and white on a green ground. Ajmere. Modern. L. 33 ft. 6 in., W. 1 ft. 4 in." |
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| Accession number | IS.553-1883 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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