Bed Cover
1880-1910 (made)
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Bed cover of embroidered cotton with silks. Orange cotton embroidered with red, blue, green, mauve and other silks. Large floral motif in the centre and at each corner, and with a floral border on three sides and a narrow floral border on the fourth. Lined with printed cottons of three different patterns, each with Indian cones in green, blue, yellow and white on a red ground. Edged with a strip of chiné silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered cotton with silks, lined with printed cotton, edged with chiné silk |
| Brief description | Bed cover of cotton embroidered with silks, Bukhara (Bokhara, or Buxoro) Uzbekistan, 1880-1910, textile retailed by Ganeshi Lall |
| Physical description | Bed cover of embroidered cotton with silks. Orange cotton embroidered with red, blue, green, mauve and other silks. Large floral motif in the centre and at each corner, and with a floral border on three sides and a narrow floral border on the fourth. Lined with printed cottons of three different patterns, each with Indian cones in green, blue, yellow and white on a red ground. Edged with a strip of chiné silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by J. W. F. Morton, Esq. |
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| Accession number | T.268-1966 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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