Not currently on display at the V&A

Pudavai Sari

c.1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Part of a magenta silk sari, with a yellow flower motif in the border and bands of gold-wrapped thread in the pallu.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk and gold-wrapped thread, woven
Brief description
Woman's wrapped garment (sari), magenta silk with gold border in pallu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, c.1867.
Physical description
Part of a magenta silk sari, with a yellow flower motif in the border and bands of gold-wrapped thread in the pallu.
Dimensions
  • Length: 360cm
  • Width: 107cm
cut piece
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book 5735: 'Woman's garment / Roodratchapett Segapoo Pattoo Poodavay / Coimbatore, Madras / 1867 / Price Rs. 45 / Original nos. 291 / Crimson silk with gold ends and orangte chequered border'
Historical context
Intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Subject depicted
Other number
5735 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
5205(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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