Muslin
ca. 1855 (made)
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Length of unbleached muslin. Pieces cut out previously.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven muslin |
| Brief description | Remains of a muslin shawl (chaddar), Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, ca. 1855. |
| Physical description | Length of unbleached muslin. Pieces cut out previously. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum 1879. India Museum Slip Book entry 2714: 'Muslin Unbleached / Chundaree Bengal / 55 / Fine texture / Sample in Fabric Books 466 / Also in Show Case'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson The Textile Manufactures of India (1866), vol.VIII, no.284. |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, and Great Britain. India Office. The Textile Manufactures of India. India Office, 1866.
'Prov.No.466 / INDIA FABRICS. / No.284. / MUSLINS. / Plain muslin. / Sheet or "Chudder," used as a covering for the body; fine quality; narrow stripe of gold in end. / Length 14 yards; width 30 1/2 inches. Weight 10 1/4 oz. Price 1l. 13s. / From CHUNDAREE; BENGAL.' |
| Other number | 2714 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 8851(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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