Bookcover
mid 19th century (made)
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Bookcover using the 'zardozi' embroidery technique of stitching silver and gold threads and wires of varying thickness and forms on to fabric stretched tightly over a wooden frame.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wool embroidered with silk and metal thread |
| Brief description | Bookcover, wool embroidered with silk,Sindh, Pakistan, mid 19th century. |
| Physical description | Bookcover using the 'zardozi' embroidery technique of stitching silver and gold threads and wires of varying thickness and forms on to fabric stretched tightly over a wooden frame. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. |
| Bibliographic reference | Crill, Rosemary and Askari Nasreen. 'Colours of the Indus: Costume and Textiles of Pakistan'. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1998. 45p.,ill.73. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 9 October 1997 - 29 March 1998. ISBN 1858940443. |
| Other number | - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 0478(IS) |
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| Record created | November 7, 2002 |
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