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Gold Cloth

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of red silk patterned with silver-gilt strips in a small diamond pattern.


Object details

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Brief description
Piece of gold cloth patterned with red silk in a diamond pattern, Surat, Gujarat, 1855
Physical description
Fragment of red silk patterned with silver-gilt strips in a small diamond pattern.
Marks and inscriptions
'No. 19. of the List./2. Guz red (Luppa) embroidered with gold./Surat' (Handwritten paper label, attached to object.)
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 4087: 'Gold & Silk Cloth / Luppa / Surat / 55 / Diamond pattern'.

1880 South Kensington Museum Register Entry: [Case 26] '0710. GOLD AND RED CLOTH (small piece). "Luppa;" Surat. 4087'.
Other number
4087 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
0710(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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