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Part of a handkerchief

Part of a handkerchief

  • Place of origin:

    Ahmedabad, India (made)

  • Date:

    ca.1867 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Tie-dyed silk

  • Museum number:

    6634(IS)

  • Gallery location:

    In store

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This fragmentary silk tie-dyed piece still bears a label from the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris. It reads: 'Ahmedabad list 101. One Bandhnee Kund or silk cloth red. Price Rs.3.'

Physical description

Silk tie-dyed fragment of a handkerchief or rumal.

Place of Origin

Ahmedabad, India (made)

Date

ca.1867 (made)

Artist/maker

unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Tie-dyed silk

Dimensions

Width: 40 cm incomplete

Object history note

This fragmentary piece still bears a label from the 1867 Paris Exhibition, which reads 'Ahmedabad list 101. One Bandhnee Kund or silk cloth red. Price Rs.3.'

Historical context note

A brown cotton rumal with simple white dots acquired from the same exhibition has a label which reads '1choonderee. Value Rupees 1-8-0. Presented by Neeknamdar Shetanee(?) Hurcooverbhail of Ahmedabad.'

Production Note

This fragmentary piece still bears a label from the 1867 Paris Exhibition, which reads 'Ahmedabad list 101. One Bandhnee Kund or silk cloth red. Price Rs.3.'

Materials

Silk

Techniques

Tie-dyed

Collection code

IND

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