Table Cover
c.1855 (made)
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Red wool shawl, decorated with corner motifs and deep border of gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread couched to the surface with silk, and added silk borders woven with gold-wrapped thread and silk thread. With floral and elongated buta designs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven wool, with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread couching using silk |
| Brief description | Table cover of cashmere couched with silver and silver-gilt wrapped thread, Srinagar, Kashmir, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Red wool shawl, decorated with corner motifs and deep border of gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread couched to the surface with silk, and added silk borders woven with gold-wrapped thread and silk thread. With floral and elongated buta designs. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Short, embroidered inscription. |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 3539: 'Cashmere Table Cover / Srinagar Cashmere / 55 / Scarlet Centre Needle Work Emb'd [illegible] & Animals & flowers'. Slip book states, 'selected for sale 1857'. 1880 Register Entry: [ROOM 8. Case 44.] '0808. SHAWL. Cashmere, embroidered; Cashmere. 3,539' |
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| Other number | 3539 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 0808(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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