Textile
c.1855 (made)
| Place of origin |
Fragment from a turban cloth, printed red muslin, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, c.1855
Object details
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Fragment from a turban cloth, printed red muslin, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, c.1855 |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's The Textile Manufactures of India, vol.I, no.20. |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, and Great Britain. India Office. The Textile Manufactures of India. India Office, 1866.
'INDIAN FABRICS. / No.20 / TURBAN. / Cotton: colours laid with Stamp. / (Padding is used in making up this turban.) / Length 14 yards; width 10 inches; weight 7 oz. / From BHURTPORE, 34 miles W. from AGRA. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IPN.1106 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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