Textile
ca. 1867 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Length of silk satin (mashru), with vertical and horizontal ikat stripes. The vertical stripes have a small ikat design in red with yellow and pink borders, the horizontal serrated stripes are alternately red and white, black and yellow and purple and white.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven silk (warps) and cotton (wefts) |
| Brief description | Textile, sample, woven cotton and silk (mashru), South India, ca. 1867 |
| Physical description | Length of silk satin (mashru), with vertical and horizontal ikat stripes. The vertical stripes have a small ikat design in red with yellow and pink borders, the horizontal serrated stripes are alternately red and white, black and yellow and purple and white. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. |
| Historical context | The complete object would have been intended as a garment (or to be made up into garments), clothing. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Indian ikat textiles / Rosemary Crill. London: V&A Publications, 1998 Number: 1851772421
pp.134-135, pl. 112 |
| Other number | 5836 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 9744(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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