Textile Fragment
ca.1867 (made)
| Place of origin |
A fragment of white silk in satin weave with an integral tie-dyed border of pale red with resist-dyed pattern of whote dots in a chevron design. Individually painted areas of blue dye.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk, satin weave, tie-dye (bandhani). |
| Brief description | Part of a sari, white silk with tie-dyed border. |
| Physical description | A fragment of white silk in satin weave with an integral tie-dyed border of pale red with resist-dyed pattern of whote dots in a chevron design. Individually painted areas of blue dye. |
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| Object history | Acquired at the 1867 Paris exhibition for Rs. 1-13-6. It still bears its exhibitiion label on which it is termed "one peice Gujiany or silk cloth". |
| Production | Made for the Paris exhibition of 1867. It still bears the original label on the back which states that it is from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. |
| Bibliographic reference | Tie-dyed textiles of India : tradition and trade / Veronica Murphy and Rosemary Crill. London: Victoria and Albert Museum :in association with Mapin Publishing, 1991 Number: 0944142303
p.46, cat. no. 20, ill. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4939(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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