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Kamkhwab

c.1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of textile, cream silk brocaded with silver-wrapped thread in regular rows of small rosettes.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven silk, silver-wrapped thread brocade
Brief description
Fragment of silk muslin, white with brocaded spots of silver-wrapped thread, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, c.1867
Physical description
Fragment of textile, cream silk brocaded with silver-wrapped thread in regular rows of small rosettes.
Dimensions
  • Length: 93
  • Width: 102cm
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 7092: 'Silver & white dress piece / Kinkhaub jaldargokhroo / Benares / 1867 / Original nos. 36698 / Price of the original piece Rs. 24a[?]
Subject depicted
Other number
7092 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
6178(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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