Not currently on display at the V&A

Fragment

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

Red silk and cotton fragment, woven with an all over small buta design in diagonal rows; narrow band of green and silver-wrapped thread at one end.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk, cotton and silver-wrapped thread, woven
Brief description
Textiles, fragment of red silk cotton, Hyderabad, ca. 1855.
Physical description
Red silk and cotton fragment, woven with an all over small buta design in diagonal rows; narrow band of green and silver-wrapped thread at one end.
Dimensions
  • Length: 130cm (maximum)
  • Width: 91.5cm (maximum)
cut piece
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Historical context
The complete piece would have been intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Subject depicted
Other number
8370 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
7124(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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