Not on display

Kamkhwab

c.1871 (made)
Place of origin

Fragment of blue woven silk, brocaded with gold-wrapped thread, pink and green silk in an all-over abstract motif.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven silk, brocaded with gold-wrapped thread and silk thread
Brief description
Fragment of kamkhwab (kincob), silk and metal-wrapped thread, blue background with abstract shapes in red and green inside silver-gilt outlines, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, c.1871; Textiles
Physical description
Fragment of blue woven silk, brocaded with gold-wrapped thread, pink and green silk in an all-over abstract motif.
Dimensions
  • Length: 144.5cm
  • Width: 44cm (maximum)
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry 11644: 'Brocade Blue Silk & Gold w flowers / Kinkaub / 1871 Exb'n New Samples / Original nos 3591'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's Second Series of The Textile Manufactures of India (1874) vol.401-458.
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, 1 Yd. 22 Ins.; Width, 30 Ins.; Weight, 14 oz. 13 dr. Price per Yard £6 / BENARES. / No. 420, Second Series / "11644".'
Other number
11644 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
7546A/(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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