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Gold Cloth

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

Fragment of gold cloth made with strips of silver-gilt, yellow silk in the warp.


Object details

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Materials and techniques
Brief description
Piece of gold cloth, Murshidabad, West Bengal, ca. 1855.
Physical description
Fragment of gold cloth made with strips of silver-gilt, yellow silk in the warp.
Dimensions
  • Length: 78cm
  • Width: 33cm
Marks and inscriptions
'INDIA-BENGAL/No.991/Division. 1 Group. 6 Class. 23/Name of article. Tissue Gold Cloth/Where produced./Moorshidabad/Use.' (printed and handwritten paper label, attached to object)
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 3470: 'Gold Cloth Tissue / Moorshedabad / 55 / Plain fabric'.

1880 South Kensington Museum Register entry: 'Box No. 88b. / 6,270 to 6,285. GOLD AND SILVER EMBROIDERED TISSUE / SCARFS, &c.'
Historical context
The complete object would have been intended for use as a garment, clothing.
Other number
3470 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
6278(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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