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Fragment

mid 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Assam (made)

Textile fragment of woven silk. Decorated with rows of figures, animals and trees. Lampas weave.
The images included are, from the top, Krishna subdividing the serpent Kaliya while his wives look on, avatars Narasimha and Balarama, Garuda, Krishna holding up mount Govardhan while a cow-herd and cow shelter underneath, avatars Matsya and Kurma, Krishna playing the flute in a tree and the gopis are gathered beneath it.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
Object type
Fragment
Materials and techniques
Lampas-woven silk
Silk (Textile)
Woven
Brief description
Textile fragment of woven silk ('Vrindavani vastra'), Assam, mid 16th century
Physical description
Textile fragment of woven silk. Decorated with rows of figures, animals and trees. Lampas weave.
The images included are, from the top, Krishna subdividing the serpent Kaliya while his wives look on, avatars Narasimha and Balarama, Garuda, Krishna holding up mount Govardhan while a cow-herd and cow shelter underneath, avatars Matsya and Kurma, Krishna playing the flute in a tree and the gopis are gathered beneath it.
Dimensions
  • Length: 90cm
  • Width: 80cm
Subjects depicted
Figures
Animals
Trees
Bibliographic references
  • Rosemary Crill: 'Vaishnavite Silks. The figured textiles of Assam' in 'The Woven Silks of India', ed. J.Dhamija, Marg Publications, 1995, illustrated on p.39.
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.365-1992

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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