Cover
18th century (made)
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Embroidered cotton cover with floss silks and couched with gold thread. The design consists of lotus-like palmettes enclosed in a trellis of leaves. The gold thread used for the background is paper-wrapped. The square is made up of four fragments stitched together and edged with a narrow border of chevron design.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered cotton with floss silks and couched with gold thread |
| Brief description | Embroidered cotton cover with floss silks and couched with gold thread, Delhi, 18th century |
| Physical description | Embroidered cotton cover with floss silks and couched with gold thread. The design consists of lotus-like palmettes enclosed in a trellis of leaves. The gold thread used for the background is paper-wrapped. The square is made up of four fragments stitched together and edged with a narrow border of chevron design. |
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| Credit line | Given by K. de B. Codrington, Esq. |
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| Accession number | IM.51-1933 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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