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Striped Muslin

c.1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Length of white muslin with fine white stripes, slightly glazed at one end, a border of gold-wrapped thread and openwork at one end. Woven of industrially spun English cotton thread.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Muslin and gold-wrapped thread, woven
Brief description
Length of striped white muslin woven of English thread, Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, ca. 1867
Physical description
Length of white muslin with fine white stripes, slightly glazed at one end, a border of gold-wrapped thread and openwork at one end. Woven of industrially spun English cotton thread.
Dimensions
  • Length: 1232cm (approx.)
  • Width: 76cm
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Case 15] '0445. MUSLIN. Piece of, white, striped; Chunderee. 5601'. India Museum Slip Book entry 5601: 'Piece of muslin / Kirmchi [?] / Chunderee Central India / Price £.1-11-2 / 1867 / Original nos.53 / made of English thread
Subject depicted
Other number
5601 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
0445(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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