Jamdani Muslin
c.1855 (made)
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Length of muslin patterned with discontinuous supplementary cotton weft (jamdani) in floral trellis design. One of two cut pieces.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Brief description | Length of white jamdani muslin with floral trellis pattern, Dhaka, Bangladesh, c.1855; Textiles |
Physical description | Length of muslin patterned with discontinuous supplementary cotton weft (jamdani) in floral trellis design. One of two cut pieces. |
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Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry 4156: 'Muslin Figured, Jamdanee, Dacca, Figured in Loom'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's The Textile Manufactures of India(1866), vol.VII, No. 253. Also featured in the Second Series of the same, No.872. |
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Other number | 4156 - India Museum Slip Book |
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Accession number | 8797(IS) |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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