Textile
ca. 1855-1879 (made)
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Embroidery of the type used on this velvet textile is created using a technique called as vasli, or dhok, in which metal-wrapped thread (zari) is couched over pasteboard, wads of wool, or cotton stuffing to create a raised effect. Vasli embroidery is most often found on heavy fabrics like wool and velvet, frequently on ceremonial furnishings such as floor coverings, hanging and canopies. This textile may have been intended for use as a floor covering, though the gap in its fringe is suggstive of a saddle cloth.
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Materials and techniques | Velvet embroidered with metal-wrapped thread, sequins, plain and coloured katori (small metal cups), and green glass, mashru lining. |
Brief description | Velvet densely embroidered with metal-wrapped thread, India, ca. 1855-1879 |
Physical description | Velvet thickly embroidered with silver-wrapped thread, sequins and spangles, heavy fringes with tassels of red silk and gold-wrapped thread added; the centre is couched with silver-wrapped thread in a lattice design. The reverse is lined with striped mashru. |
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Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. |
Summary | Embroidery of the type used on this velvet textile is created using a technique called as vasli, or dhok, in which metal-wrapped thread (zari) is couched over pasteboard, wads of wool, or cotton stuffing to create a raised effect. Vasli embroidery is most often found on heavy fabrics like wool and velvet, frequently on ceremonial furnishings such as floor coverings, hanging and canopies. This textile may have been intended for use as a floor covering, though the gap in its fringe is suggstive of a saddle cloth. |
Bibliographic reference | Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017
p. 534, cat. 95 |
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Accession number | 4684(IS) |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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