Not currently on display at the V&A

Fragment

ca. 1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Bhagalpur (made)

Fragment of grey twilled silk.


Object details

Categories
Clothing
Textiles
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Fragment
Materials and techniques
Silk, woven
Silk (Textile)
Woven
Brief description
Textile, silk fragment, Bhagalpur, ca. 1867.
Physical description
Fragment of grey twilled silk.
Dimensions
  • Root numbered part (the only existing part) length: 151cm
  • Root numbered part (the only existing part) width: 78cm
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
The complete piece would have been intended for use as a garment, clothiing.
Other number
6024 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
7293B(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O475185/fragment-unknown/
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