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Kamkhwab

c.1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of textile (silk or cotton), brocaded with regular rows of small rosettes in silver-wrapped thread.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven silk or cotton, brocaded in silver-wrapped thread
Brief description
Fragment of silk muslin, white with brocaded spots of silver-wrapped thread, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, c.1867
Physical description
Fragment of textile (silk or cotton), brocaded with regular rows of small rosettes in silver-wrapped thread.
Dimensions
  • Length: 146cm
  • Width: 145cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Potte/White/Silver/No. 5./Rs 105/Babos/Chunder/Bhan Salutt/Benares/3669' (Small handwritten paper label, attached to object. )
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 5624: 'sample of white muslin with silver spots / Benares Bengal / 1867 / Original nos.3669 / 1 yd in length / Price Rs.21.'
Subject depicted
Other number
5624 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
9617(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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