Kamkhwab
c.1855 (made)
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Fragment of red silk, with rows of buta and flowers in gold-wrapped thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk and gold-wrapped thread, woven |
| Brief description | Fragments of kamkhwab (kincob), red silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Fragment of red silk, with rows of buta and flowers in gold-wrapped thread. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 3110: 'Satin / Kincob, so called / Trichinopoly / 55 / Crimson with Gold flowers'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's Second Series of The Textile Manufactures of India (1874), no.447. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, et al. Collection of Specimens and Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. Second Series, India Museum, 1874.
'KINCOB. / Length, 5 Yds.; Width, 26 Ins.; Weight, 11 oz. 7 dr. Price per Yard, 11s. 3d. / TRICHINOPOLY, MADRAS. / No.447, SECOND SERIES. / "3110".' |
| Other number | 3110 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 7631(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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