Turban Cloth
ca. 1867 (made)
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Turban piece, fine white muslin, with bands of silver-gilt-wrapped thread and woven flower motif at one end.
Object details
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| Brief description | Fragment of a turban cloth, white muslin with silver-gilt in ends, Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, ca. 1867 |
| Physical description | Turban piece, fine white muslin, with bands of silver-gilt-wrapped thread and woven flower motif at one end. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 5679: 'Turban / Chunderee, Central India / 1867 / Original nos.7 / Price £1-3-3'. A photo-lithograph and accompanying swatch of the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's The Textile Manufactures of India, Vol.1-64, No.11. |
| Associated object | 7830(IS) (Part) |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, et al. Collection of Specimens and Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. Second Series, India Museum, 1874.
'TURBANS. / 11. PRINCIPAL END OF PIECE - 11A. OPPOSITE END OF PIECE / FROM CHANDARI / Length, 30 Yds. 32 Ins.; Width, 10 1/4 Ins.; Weight, 7 oz.; Price, £1 3s 3d.' |
| Other number | 5679 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 7853(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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