Turban Cloth
c.1867 (made)
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Cut fragment of a turban cloth, orange cotton with gold end, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, c.1867.
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| Brief description | Cut fragment of a turban cloth, orange cotton with gold end, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, c.1867. |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 6250: 'Turban / Ahmedabad Bombay / 1867 / Price Rs. 9-8 / Original nos.108 / Yellow cotton with golds ends'. A swatch cut from this piece appears as a chromolithograph in John Forbes Watson's Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India: Second series (1874), vol.1, No.62. |
| Associated object | 05586(IS) (Part) |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, et al. Collection of Specimens and Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. Second Series, India Museum, 1874.
'TURBANS. / No.62, PRINCIPAL END OF PIECE. / No.62A, OPPOSITE END OF PIECE. / Length, 31 Yds. 11 Ins. / Width, 18 1/2 Ins. / Weight, 1 lb/ 2 oz. 15 dr. / Price £1 / AHMEDABAD. No. 62, SECOND SERIES'. |
| Other number | 6250 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 7887(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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