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Gold Cloth

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

Fragment of gold tissue patterned with red stripes, made up of a warp of silver-gilt strips and silk thread weft


Object details

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Brief description
Gold cloth patterned with red stripes, Hyderabad, Telangana, ca. 1855
Physical description
Fragment of gold tissue patterned with red stripes, made up of a warp of silver-gilt strips and silk thread weft
Dimensions
  • Length: 74cm
  • Width: 59cm
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 7830: 'Gold Cloth Red Stripes / Hyderabad / 55 / Injured by being lent to Pendleton in May 1867'.

1880 South Kensington Museum Register entry: '0313. GOLD TISSUE. Piece of, striped; Hyderabad, Deccan. 7,830'.
Subject depicted
Other number
7830 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
0313A/(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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