Textile
1900-40 (made)
| Place of origin |
This Gujarati odhni was first dyed magenta. It was then block-printed with a wax resist to protect parts of the background before being dyed again in deep indigo blue. This intense colour combination is also found in tie-dyed saris from Saurashtra, where this head-cover was made.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, satin weave, block-printing, wax-resist, dyeing. |
| Brief description | Odhni (head-cover) in two parts, resist-dyed and printed, silk, Saurashtra, Gujarat, India, 1900-40. |
| Physical description | Two halves of a silk head-cover, magenta and dark blue, resist-printed with small floral motif in the field and a row of botehs (flowers) at the end. Woven gold band at one end. |
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| Gallery label | HEAD-COVER
This Gujarati odhni was first dyed magenta. It was then block-printed with a wax resist to protect parts of the background before being dyed again in deep indigo blue. This intense colour combination is also found in tie-dyed saris from Saurashtra, where this head-cover was made.
Silk (satin weave) dyed, block-printed with resists, then re-dyed
Saurashtra, Gujarat, 1900–40
Given by Ann French and Lynda Hillyer
V&A: IS.5-2014(03/10/2015-10/01/2016) |
| Credit line | Given by Ann French and Lynda Hillyer |
| Object history | Acquired whole in India by the donors and divided in half by them before donation. |
| Summary | This Gujarati odhni was first dyed magenta. It was then block-printed with a wax resist to protect parts of the background before being dyed again in deep indigo blue. This intense colour combination is also found in tie-dyed saris from Saurashtra, where this head-cover was made. |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
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| Accession number | IS.5:1,2-2014 |
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| Record created | August 1, 2014 |
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