Sash
19th century (made)
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Sash of silk decorated with bands in red, grey, yellow and green silk and gold thread. At each end of the sash are four narrower stripes of each colour and a gold band 28.5 inches long. Black silk warp, tabby woven. In the bands of gold, the wefts of gold thread are carried across 6 warp threads at once. At each end is a fringe about 2.5 inches long formed by the black warp threads together with a short tuft of gold thread. The gold thread is a gilt metal strip on a silk core. The selvages are oversewn with gold thread.
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Materials and techniques | Silk and gold thread |
Brief description | Sash of silk and gold thread, Baluchistan, 19th century |
Physical description | Sash of silk decorated with bands in red, grey, yellow and green silk and gold thread. At each end of the sash are four narrower stripes of each colour and a gold band 28.5 inches long. Black silk warp, tabby woven. In the bands of gold, the wefts of gold thread are carried across 6 warp threads at once. At each end is a fringe about 2.5 inches long formed by the black warp threads together with a short tuft of gold thread. The gold thread is a gilt metal strip on a silk core. The selvages are oversewn with gold thread. |
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Credit line | Given by Brigadier R. Spence |
Bibliographic reference | Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443
pp.78-79, fig 122 |
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Accession number | T.231-1957 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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