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Textile Fragment

c. 1700-1750 (made)
Place of origin
Delhi (made)

Fragment of cotton dress fabric embroidered with coloured silks and strips of silver-gilt wire. The pattern is composed of horizontal rows of a repeated poppy plant bearing three salmon-tinted flowers, buds and serrated leaves in two shades of green. Worked in Sindhi stitch and outlined by couched strips of silver-gilt wire.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Embroidery
Object type
Textile fragment
Materials and techniques
Cotton, embroidered with silk floss and metal-wrapped thread
Cotton (Textile)
Floss Silk
Metal Strip
Embroidery
Couching
Brief description
Fragment of dress fabric, cotton, embroidered with silk floss and metal-wrapped thread, Mughal (probably Delhi), c.1700-50; Textiles; Clothing
Physical description
Fragment of cotton dress fabric embroidered with coloured silks and strips of silver-gilt wire. The pattern is composed of horizontal rows of a repeated poppy plant bearing three salmon-tinted flowers, buds and serrated leaves in two shades of green. Worked in Sindhi stitch and outlined by couched strips of silver-gilt wire.
Dimensions
  • Length: 9in
  • Width: 23in (maximum)
  • Maximum width width: 59cm (Note: Measured after conservation)
  • Maximum length length: 24cm (Note: Measured after conservation)
Gallery label
(01/08/2017)
FRAGMENTS OF DRESS FABRIC
Cotton, embroidered with silk floss and metal-wrapped thread
Mughal
1700-50
IM.54-1924
Given by N.H. Heeramaneck

Muslin, hand-drawn, printed and dyed, with applied gold leaf
Hyderabad, Deccan
18th century
IM.50-1924
Given by N.H. Heeramaneck

These fragments of floral dress fabric came from the textile stores of the Nizams of Hyderabad. The first Nizam was the Mughal governor of Hyderabad, and Mughal styles heavily influenced Hyderabad’s court culture. The Nizams ruled Hyderabad independently from 1724 to 1948. In that time they amassed one of the richest textile collections in the world.
Credit line
Given by N.H. Heeramaneck, Esq.
Object history
Formerly in the collection of the Nizams of Hyderabad.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.54-1924

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O452989/textile-fragment/
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