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piece of canvas, Guzerat [sic]

Object details

Category
India Museum
Object type
canvas
Brief description
piece of canvas, Guzerat [sic]
Gallery label
(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
KHADI CLOTH

Long before Gandhi promoted home-spun khadi cloth, the V&A collected examples of the fabric. Here the difference in quality between the two, one rough, one fine, illustrates the contradictions of khadi that Gandhi had to deal with. Fine khadi cost more than imported mill cloth but most Indians could not afford it, and rough khadi was cheaper but unappealing to wear.

Cotton (plain weave)
Sadra and Ahmedabad, Gujarat, about 1867
V&A: 0120, 5955 (IS)
Other number
9,260 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
0120(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O476602/canvas/
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