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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Ahmedabad (made)

Complete length of dark purple silk, with a lattice of gold-wrapped thread made up of leaves, containing stylised flower heads in gold-wrapped thread. A narrow chevron band in gold-wrapped thread and red silk at each end.

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Category	Textiles
Object type	Textile
Materials and techniques	Woven silk, gold-wrapped silk thread brocade Silk (Textile) Silk Thread Gold-Wrapped Thread Woven
Brief description	Textile, woven silk, gold-wrapped thread brocade, Ahmedabad, ca. 1850
Physical description	Complete length of dark purple silk, with a lattice of gold-wrapped thread made up of leaves, containing stylised flower heads in gold-wrapped thread. A narrow chevron band in gold-wrapped thread and red silk at each end.
Dimensions	Length: 269cm Width: 78cm Diameter: 84mm
Gallery label	SILK BROCADES One of the aims of the Great Exhibition of 1851 was to improve British manufacturing by providing examples of good design to inspire manufacturers. The Indian Court displayed fine woollen shawls from Kashmir, delicate muslins from Bengal and silk brocades from Ahmedabad. Visitors admired the Indian textiles for their exquisite craftsmanship, pattern and colour - qualities that mass manufactured British products had lost. Silk with metal-wrapped thread Ahmedabad, Gujarat, about 1850 V&A: 788:2-1852; 779-1852(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
Object history	Exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851, London.
Subject depicted	Flowers
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	779-1852

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O478502/textile-unknown/

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