Mosquito Netting
ca. 1855 (made)
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Length of red wild silk net in a gauze weave, used for mosquito netting.
Object details
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| Brief description | Mosquito netting, red wild silk in a gauze weave, Bhagalpur, West Bengal, c.1855 |
| Physical description | Length of red wild silk net in a gauze weave, used for mosquito netting. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. Swatches cut from this textile appear in John Forbes Watson's The Textile Manufactures of India (1866), Vol. XIV, No.555. |
| Bibliographic reference | Watson, J. Forbes, and Great Britain. India Office. The Textile Manufactures of India. India Office, 1866.
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| Other number | 3395 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 7794(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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