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Textile Sample

1869 (purchased)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Europe (made)
Peshawar (purchased)

Fragment of printed cotton, with diagonal stripes alternately yellow and green.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Textile sample
Materials and techniques
Cotton, woven and printed
Cotton (Textile)
Woven
Printed
Brief description
Sample textile swatch of printed cotton or 'chintz', made in Europe, purchased in Peshawar, Pakistan, c.1869; Textiles
Physical description
Fragment of printed cotton, with diagonal stripes alternately yellow and green.
Dimensions
  • Length: 16cm
  • Width: 14.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No 43/Place of Manufacture Europe/Name of Article Chintz/Price in seer 69 £1-4-0 per 28 yards' (handwritten paper label, attached to object)
Gallery label
(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
EUROPEAN-PRINTED COTTON

A British army officer purchased these samples in 1869 in Peshawar, in present-day Pakistan. Railways made it possible for European manufactured textiles to penetrate into India's remote regions. The fabrics appealed because of their fine quality, the designs imitating Indian patterns and the brightness of the new synthetic dyes.

Cotton
Europe, probably Britain, about 1869
V&A: 1731, 1734, 1735, 1738 (IS)
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: 'SAMPLES OF TEXTILES from Central Asia, collected at the fair held at Peshawar, December 1869. Nos. 1,708 to 1,764. Found in Packing Case No. 2, and replaced in it.'
Historical context
The complete object may have been intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Subject depicted
Stripes
Other number
11,595 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
1734(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O476171/textile-sample-unknown/
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