Shawl embroiderers and piecers
Drawing
1870 (made)
1870 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The main figure is a young man seated on the ground embroidering a Kashmir shawl with a needle. Beside him are an older, bearded man and a young boy, also either embroidering or stitching together pieces of a shawl.A pair of scissors lies on the ground.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Shawl embroiderers and piecers (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing, from a series of drawings of craftspeople of northwest India, pencil, pen and wash on paper, John Lockwood Kipling, 1870 |
| Physical description | The main figure is a young man seated on the ground embroidering a Kashmir shawl with a needle. Beside him are an older, bearded man and a young boy, also either embroidering or stitching together pieces of a shawl.A pair of scissors lies on the ground. |
| Object history | This set of studies of Indian craftspeople was made by John Lockwood Kipling, father of the writer Rudyard Kipling, while he was employed at the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy School of Art in Bombay, of which he became Principal. Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [ Room 8. On The Wall.] '0929. TWENTY-EIGHT FRAMES, glazed, each containing two sketches, by J. L. Kipling, of the School of Art, Bombay, illustrating the craftsmen of North-western India. 1 to 56' |
| Subject depicted | |
| Other number | 9 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0929:9/(IS) |
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| Record created | July 29, 2003 |
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