Shawl
c.1855 (made)
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Square textile, probably a table covering, quartered into joined sections of red, green, blue sections of wool, heavily decorated with couched gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread and flattened gold wire. Large buta and fruit designs throughout, buta designs in borders. Added silk borders woven with gold-wrapped thread.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven wool, with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread and gold wire couching using silk |
| Brief description | Shawl of cashmere couched with silver and silver-gilt wrapped thread, Delhi, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Square textile, probably a table covering, quartered into joined sections of red, green, blue sections of wool, heavily decorated with couched gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread and flattened gold wire. Large buta and fruit designs throughout, buta designs in borders. Added silk borders woven with gold-wrapped thread. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 8361: 'Sq'r [square] Cashmere Shawl Four Colours in Centre / Delhi / 55.' |
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| Other number | 8361 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 0270(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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