Turban Piece
ca. 1855 (made)
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Turban piece, red muslin printed with gum overlaid with gold powder in a latticework design containing stylised flower heads. A narrow floral band at one end. Complete piece.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven muslin, block printed with gum overlaid with gold powder |
| Brief description | Part of a turban cloth, floral lattice design printed on red muslin block in gold, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, ca. 1855 |
| Physical description | Turban piece, red muslin printed with gum overlaid with gold powder in a latticework design containing stylised flower heads. A narrow floral band at one end. Complete piece. |
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| Copy number | d |
| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. Swatches cut from this piece appear in John Forbes Watson's The Textile Manufactures of India (1866), vol.I, no.21. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Associated object | 7624(IS) (Design) |
| Bibliographic reference | textile manufactures
'INDIA FABRICS. / No.21 / TURBAN. / Cotton: scarlet; printed gold centre. Padding is used in making up the complete turban. / Length 14 1/2 yards; breadth 7 inches; weight 7 oz. / From BHURTPORE 34 Miles W. from AGRA. / |
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| Accession number | 7590(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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