Gold Cloth
1855 (made)
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This delicate length of gold-cloth has been embellished with shards of jewel beetle-wings, crimped silver-gilt wire, metal-wrapped thread and sequins. Gold-cloth is woven of flattened silver-gilt wire and silk and is very fragile. This length was probably made to be used as trimming for a garment.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk and silver-gilt strips, embroidered with metal-wrapped thread, crimped silver-gilt wire, sequins and beetle-wing embroidery |
| Brief description | Length of gold-cloth embellished with crimped silver-gilt wire, metal-wrapped thread, sequins and beetle-wings |
| Physical description | Length of gold-cloth embellished with crimped silver-gilt wire, metal-wrapped thread, sequins and beetle-wings |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Original India Museum object number lost, possibly 549: 'Silver and Beetle Wing Trimming / Madras / 1855 / Purchased by Mr Underwood / For Trimming Dress / Price 3 Rs.' |
| Summary | This delicate length of gold-cloth has been embellished with shards of jewel beetle-wings, crimped silver-gilt wire, metal-wrapped thread and sequins. Gold-cloth is woven of flattened silver-gilt wire and silk and is very fragile. This length was probably made to be used as trimming for a garment. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017
p. 534, cat. 96 |
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| Accession number | 5824(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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