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Kamkhwab

c.1868 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woven fragment of silk satin, woven in stripes of pink, yellow and green, brocaded over with gold-wrapped thread in bands of geometric design alternating with floral bands.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven silk satin, brocaded with gold-wrapped thread
Brief description
Kamkhwab (kincob), silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, c.1868
Physical description
Woven fragment of silk satin, woven in stripes of pink, yellow and green, brocaded over with gold-wrapped thread in bands of geometric design alternating with floral bands.
Dimensions
  • Length: 63cm
  • Width: 81cm
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book: 'Brocade Striped Fabric / Kincob / Bombay / 68 / General Malcolm's Coll. [illegible] Mr Phillips'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's Second Series of The Textile Manufactures of India (1874) vol.401-458, no.426.
Subject depicted
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, 2 Yds. 7 Ins.; Width, 33 1/4 Ins.; Weight, 1 lb. 4 oz. 9 dr. / AHMEDABAD. / NO.426, SECOND SERIES. / "7826".'
Other number
7826 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
7527(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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