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Trousers

1867 (made)
Place of origin
Bhopal (used)

Trousers, red silk damask with embroidered green and yellow flowers

Object details

Categories
Costumes
Textiles
India Museum
Object type
Trousers
Materials and techniques
Silk, woven and embroidered
Silk (Textile)
Weaving
Brief description
Trousers, red satin damask, embroidered with green and yellow flowers, Bhopal, 1867; Textile
Physical description
Trousers, red silk damask with embroidered green and yellow flowers
Dimensions
  • Waist to ankle length: 105cm
  • Waist width: 55cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 / 'CENTRAL INDIA' / NO. 31 / Group 4 / Class, 35 / Description of Article: Piejamah, tight fitting red embroidered silk from Bhopal. Worn by both sexes throughout Hindoostan, but differs in pattern in some place. It is much worn in the Deccan and Caranatic. / Value - / Name of Exhibitor: H.H. Secunder Begum of Bhopal / Thru Major Willoughby-Osbourne
  • India Museum
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. Slip book entry 5633: 'Silk trowsers (red) / Pyjamah / Bhopal / no invoice price given / Original nos. 31 / worn by both sexes tight fitting'
Other number
5633 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
6051(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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