Huqqa Mat
c.1855 (made)
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Tear-shaped huqqa mat in scarlet wool embroidered in gold-wrapped thread around the borders with rows of buta and scrolling plants. On green silk backing. Complete piece.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven wool, embroidered with gold-wrapped thread, silk backing |
| Brief description | Huqqa mat, red wool couched with silver-gilt wrapped thread, Lahore, Pakistan, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Tear-shaped huqqa mat in scarlet wool embroidered in gold-wrapped thread around the borders with rows of buta and scrolling plants. On green silk backing. Complete piece. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 3742: 'Hookah Carpet / Small / Lahore / 55 / Crimson Cloth Emb'd with Gold & lined with green Silk.' |
| Historical context | Intended for use as a domestic textile, a mat for a huqqa pipe. |
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| Other number | 3742 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 05618(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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