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Textile

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

Fragment, red silk weft and silver-gilt warp.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
India Museum
Object type
Textile
Materials and techniques
Woven silver-gilt strip and silk thread
Silk Thread
Woven
Brief description
Textile, silver-gilt warp and silk weft, Hyderabad (Deccan), ca. 1855
Physical description
Fragment, red silk weft and silver-gilt warp.
Dimensions
  • Length: 66cm
  • Width: 61cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Gold-Cloth./(plain)/8401. from Hyderabad.' (Handwritten card label, attached to object. )
Gallery label
(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
SILVER AND GOLD

For lavish decoration, embroiderers use thin strips of silver or gilded silver (zari), sequins and metal foil, often with tiny pearls. Yarn made of silk thread wrapped with silver (or gilded silver) can be woven or used for embroidery. Metal strips interwoven with silk produce luxurious shiny fabric or ribbon (gota) which can be applied onto cloth.

Silver weave
Cotton warp and silver weft
Murshidabad, West Bengal, about 1850
V&A: 0708 (IS)

Golden weave
Gilded silver warp and silk weft
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh/Telangana, about 1855
V&A: 0695 (IS)

Panel with mankolam (paisley) pattern
Silk, metal-wrapped thread, sequins, pearls, silver strips
Triplicane, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 1855–79
V&A: 6502 (IS)

Silver and gilded silver embellishments
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh/Telangana, and Ahmedabad, Gujarat, about 1855
V&A: 6293; 6345; 6346; 6354; 05954:1 to 3; 05939:1, 2 (IS)
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Case 26] '0695. GOLD CLOTH. Piece of; Hyderabad. 8401'
Other number
8401 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
0695(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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