Mashru
ca. 1855 (made)
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Fragments of a length of mashru: warp faced in silk, hidden weft in cotton. Discontiuous supplementary weft in silk (brocading) in design of small, single green stems with blossoms in red and white on a bright yellow ground.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 9 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Warp-faced silk and cotton (mashru) |
| Brief description | Textile in large fragments, woven cotton and silk (mashru), yellow ground with flowers in red, white and green, Hyderabad, ca. 1855; Textiles |
| Physical description | Fragments of a length of mashru: warp faced in silk, hidden weft in cotton. Discontiuous supplementary weft in silk (brocading) in design of small, single green stems with blossoms in red and white on a bright yellow ground. |
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| Gallery label | LENGTH OF MASHRU
Woven silk and cotton
Hyderabad, Deccan
c. 1855
Mashru, from an Arabic term for ‘permitted’, is a woven mix of silk and cotton. Mashru was popular with Muslims who were religiously prohibited from wearing pure silk. The cotton weft threads are hidden on the reverse of the fabric while the silk warp threads lie on the front, giving the impression of pure silk. Hyderabad was renowned for superior mashru weaving.(01/08/2017) |
| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry 3084: 'Satin Cotton Back / Mushroo / Hyderabad bought in Madras / 1855 / Yellow with flowers of Green and Crimson' |
| Other number | 3084 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0295(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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