Checked Silk
ca. 1867 (made)
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Length of woven tussar silk, with black, red, blue and white checks. Complete selvedges but both ends cut.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk |
| Brief description | Length of checked tasar silk, Bhagalpur, Bihar, c.1867 |
| Physical description | Length of woven tussar silk, with black, red, blue and white checks. Complete selvedges but both ends cut. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 5834 & 6017: 'Sample of (silk) Tussur / Bhangulpore, Bengal / 1867 / Price Rs.4-8 per 12 yds / Original nos. 955'. |
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| Accession number | 7346(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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