Textile
ca. 1850 (made)
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One of the aims of the Great Exhibition of 1851 was to educate visitors in the principles of good design. Brocades from India were especially appreciated for not only the quality of their technique but also for the composition of their design. Following the close of the exhibition, the South Kensington Museum purchased a number of these brocades for their collection, of which this length was one. Though now greatly faded, the original flower motif would have been a striking combination of bright yellow silk and silver gilt-wrapped thread against the dark red background.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk and metal-wrapped thread |
| Brief description | Brocade, woven silk and metal-wrapped thread, Hyderabad, ca. 1850 |
| Physical description | Length of red silk, brocaded with rows of stylised flowers in silver gilt-wrapped thread and green and yellow silk. Complete piece. |
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| Object history | Exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. |
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| Summary | One of the aims of the Great Exhibition of 1851 was to educate visitors in the principles of good design. Brocades from India were especially appreciated for not only the quality of their technique but also for the composition of their design. Following the close of the exhibition, the South Kensington Museum purchased a number of these brocades for their collection, of which this length was one. Though now greatly faded, the original flower motif would have been a striking combination of bright yellow silk and silver gilt-wrapped thread against the dark red background. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017
p. 526, cat. 12, fig. 1.10 |
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| Accession number | 745-1852 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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