Turban Cloth
c.1867 (made)
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Part of a turban cloth, saffron coloured loose weave cotton, with bands of red and gold-wrapped thread at one end, incorporating a flowered buta in red, pink and green.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Cotton and gold-wrapped thread, woven |
| Brief description | Cut fragment of a turban cloth, orange cotton with gold end, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, c.1867. |
| Physical description | Part of a turban cloth, saffron coloured loose weave cotton, with bands of red and gold-wrapped thread at one end, incorporating a flowered buta in red, pink and green. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. The 1880 Inventory gives the corresponding India Museum slip number for 05586(IS) as 6195, but the missing fragment cut from this piece is numbered as 6250 in the publication below. India Museum Slip book entry 6250: 'Turban / Ahmedabad Bombay / 1867 / Price Rs. 9-8 / Original nos.108 / Yellow cotton with golds ends'. Swatches cut from this piece appear as a chromolithograph in John Forbes Watson's Collection of specimens and illustrations of the textile manufactures of India: Second series (1874), vol.1, No.62. |
| Historical context | The complete piece would have been intended for use as clothing, headwear. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, et al. Collection of Specimens and Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. Second Series, India Museum, 1874.
'TURBANS. / No.62, PRINCIPAL END OF PIECE. / No.62A, OPPOSITE END OF PIECE. / Length, 31 Yds. 11 Ins. / Width, 18 1/2 Ins. / Weight, 1 lb/ 2 oz. 15 dr. / Price £1 / AHMEDABAD. No. 62, SECOND SERIES'. |
| Other number | 6250 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 05586(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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