Wrapped Garment

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Ahmedabad (made)

Two fragments of a wrapped garment, pinned together, green woven silk striped with bands of gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread in a latticework design; added border of crimson silk brocaded with bands of floral patterns in gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread.

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Categories	Textiles Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project India Museum
Object type	Wrapped garment
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Fragment Fragment
Materials and techniques	Woven silk, brocaded with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread Silk (Textile) Gold-Wrapped Thread Silver-Wrapped Thread Woven Brocaded
Brief description	Textile, fragments of a wrapped garment, woven silk and gold-wrapped thread, Ahmedabad, ca. 1855-1879
Physical description	Two fragments of a wrapped garment, pinned together, green woven silk striped with bands of gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread in a latticework design; added border of crimson silk brocaded with bands of floral patterns in gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread.
Marks and inscriptions	'1/2 foot length of/N. 7 Khund/silk gold&silver/work, green, with/gold borders on/each side/Ahmedabad/No. 88/original piece/1 foot 7 inches/long./Rs 20/8/-' (Handwritten paper label, formerly attached to object. )
Object history	Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context	The complete object would have been intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	8126(IS)

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Record created	March 14, 2014
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1286612/wrapped-garment-unknown/

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