Book Cover
c.1855 (made)
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Book cover, blue wool embroidered with flowers in satin stitched silk and gold-wrapped thread cartouches; the spine is also embroidered with flowers and leaves.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wool, woven, embroidered with silk and gold-wrapped thread |
| Brief description | Book cover of black wool embroidered with coloured silks and couched silver and silver-gilt wrapped thread, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Book cover, blue wool embroidered with flowers in satin stitched silk and gold-wrapped thread cartouches; the spine is also embroidered with flowers and leaves. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip Book entry 3318: 'Broad Cloth Book Cover / Hyderabad Scinde / 55 / Blue Cloth Emb'd with Gold Silver & floss Silk.' 1880 Register Entry: [Case 14] '0377. BOOK COVER. Blue cloth, embroidered with gold and silk; Sind. 3318' |
| Historical context | Intended for use as a book cover, for protection and decoration. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443
p.45, ill. pl. 73 |
| Other number | 3318 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 0377(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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