Textile
ca. 1880 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Hand loom woven cotton bedding (khes) made in one of the small scale cottage industries of Central and North Sindh. 'Khes' are labour intensive and expensive to produce, they are generally woven in sets of four pairs end to end, cut and then stitched together to produce the required width for bed covers. This piece was acquired from the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven cotton |
| Brief description | Woven cotton bedcover (khes), Sindh, Pakistan, ca. 1880. |
| Physical description | Hand loom woven cotton bedding (khes) made in one of the small scale cottage industries of Central and North Sindh. 'Khes' are labour intensive and expensive to produce, they are generally woven in sets of four pairs end to end, cut and then stitched together to produce the required width for bed covers. This piece was acquired from the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867. |
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| Production | Karachi jail |
| Bibliographic reference | Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443
p. 51, pl. 85 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.210-1883 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2002 |
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