Dupatta

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Madras (made)

Cotton, tie-dyed part of a dupatta (a large rectangular woman's scarf or veil, worn around the head and shoulders) from Madras. A section of this piece of cloth appears in volume 9 of Forbes Watson's influential sample book The Textile Fabrics of India (1866), with the caption 'For dresses. Pattern formed by the process of tying up into Knots.'

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Categories	Clothing Textiles Hats & Headwear SCRAN India Museum
Object type	Dupatta
Materials and techniques	Tie-dyed cotton Cotton Tie-Dyed
Brief description	Textile, tie-dyed
Physical description	Cotton, tie-dyed incomplete dupatta.
Dimensions	Width: 150cm Length: 157cm (maximum) (Note: cut piece)
Object history	A section of this piece is included in Forbes Watson vol.IX, no.348, with the caption 'For dresses. Pattern formed by the process of tying up into Knots.'
Summary	Cotton, tie-dyed part of a dupatta (a large rectangular woman's scarf or veil, worn around the head and shoulders) from Madras. A section of this piece of cloth appears in volume 9 of Forbes Watson's influential sample book The Textile Fabrics of India (1866), with the caption 'For dresses. Pattern formed by the process of tying up into Knots.'
Bibliographic reference	Tie-dyed textiles of India : tradition and trade / Veronica Murphy and Rosemary Crill. London: Victoria and Albert Museum :in association with Mapin Publishing, 1991 Number: 0944142303 pp.112-113, pl. 118
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	8718(IS)

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Record created	January 24, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O73393/dupatta-unknown/

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