Kamkhwab
ca. 1855 (made)
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Cut piece of textile, cream silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread, with narrow red borders. The design consists of regular rosettes brocaded in gold-wrapped thread in a field of a small leaf repeat, brocaded in gold-wrapped thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, brocaded with gold-wrapped thread |
| Brief description | Piece of kamkhwab (kincob), silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, ca. 1855 |
| Physical description | Cut piece of textile, cream silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread, with narrow red borders. The design consists of regular rosettes brocaded in gold-wrapped thread in a field of a small leaf repeat, brocaded in gold-wrapped thread. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [ROOM 8. Case 60.] '0822. "KINCOB." Piece of, gold diaper on white ground; Benares. 3,250'. Slip book 3250: 'Kincob Piece / Kincob / Benares / Golden Jam Dany / 55 / White Silk & Gold flowers'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's Second Series of The Textile Manufactures of India (1874) vol.401-458, no.406. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, et al. Collection of Specimens and Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. Second Series, India Museum, 1874.
'KINCOB / Length, 5 Yds. 2 1/2 Ins.; Width, 29 1/2 Ins.; Weight, 3 lb. 11 oz. 9 dr. Price per Yard £5 10s. / BENARES. / NO.406, SECOND SERIES. "3250".' |
| Other number | 3250 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 0822(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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