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c.1855-1879 (made)
| Place of origin |
Strip of green silk embroidered with metal-wrapped thread with applied red and purple silk leaf-shapes with sequins, red glass beads and possibly pearls, metal strip (gota) edging. On plain red cotton backing
Object details
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| Brief description | Silk embroidered with sequins, beads, pearls (possibly) and metal- wrapped thread, Delhi (probably), c.1855-1879; Textiles |
| Physical description | Strip of green silk embroidered with metal-wrapped thread with applied red and purple silk leaf-shapes with sequins, red glass beads and possibly pearls, metal strip (gota) edging. On plain red cotton backing |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Exact match to 05983(IS), likely to be a fragment of the same piece. Current museum number listed in 1880 book as a cummerbund from Madras, and given slip number 3319 does not match description (listed as a black cushion cover from Hyderabad, Scinde). |
| Associated objects | |
| Other number | 3319 (Incorrect) - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0396(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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