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Not on display

Textile

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragments of woven silk and cotton (mashru), with rows of flowers in purple, blue, green and gold-coloured silk thread.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 8 parts.

  • Textile
  • Fragment
  • Textile
  • Fragment
  • Fragment
  • Fragment
  • Fragment
  • Fragment
Materials and techniques
Woven cotton and silk
Brief description
Textile, fragments, woven silk, Hyderabad, ca. 1855
Physical description
Fragments of woven silk and cotton (mashru), with rows of flowers in purple, blue, green and gold-coloured silk thread.
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry notes that the object was 'presented', not specified by whom.
Subject depicted
Other number
3088 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
6964(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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