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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Kalahasti (made)

Book of textile samples. With samples of kalamkari work showing painted and mordant dyed textiles and showing the stages of production. This page has a rectangular piece of cloth stapled to it, on which is written with a kalam (bamboo pen) a list of the processes and materials used in the processes shown in the preceding pages.

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Category	Textiles
Object type	Book
Materials and techniques	Painted, mordant dyed textiles
Brief description	Book of textile samples, Kalahasti, 1982: page with notes of process
Physical description	Book of textile samples. With samples of kalamkari work showing painted and mordant dyed textiles and showing the stages of production. This page has a rectangular piece of cloth stapled to it, on which is written with a kalam (bamboo pen) a list of the processes and materials used in the processes shown in the preceding pages.
Marks and inscriptions	GADA CLOTH WASHED./ CLOTH TREATED WITH/MILK & MYROBOLAM./SKETCH WITH TAMERIND-/CHARCOAL./KASIMI:JAGGERY;PALM-/JAGGERY;RUSTED-/IRON PIECES./BRUSH:BAMBOO STICK,/BIT OF RUG (KALAMU)/RED:ALUM;PABBAKU,/CHAVALKODI;SURULU-/PATTA./YELLOW:MYROBOLAM-/FLOWER (KARAKAPUVU)/BLUE:INDIGO (NEEL)/COUNTRYSALT;SHELL-/LIME; THORASEEDS.
Credit line	Given by Mr J. Gurappa Chetty
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.18-1982

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Record created	August 14, 2012
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1249949/book-unknown/

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