Not on display

Turban Cloth

c.1855 (made)
Place of origin
Chennai (made)
Tamil Nadu (made)

Lahariya turban cloth, wrap-resist-dyed muslin in purple with white stripes, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, c.1855

Object details

Categories
Textiles
India Museum
Hats & Headwear
Object type
Turban cloth
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Turban Cloth Fragment
  • Turban Cloth Fragment
  • Turban Cloth Fragment
Brief description
Lahariya turban cloth, wrap-resist-dyed muslin in purple with white stripes, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, c.1855
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum 1879. India Museum Slip book entry 3043: 'Turband piece / Madras / 55 Muslin Printed'. Swatches from the original textile appear in John Forbes Watson's The Textile Manufactures of India, vol.I, no.34.
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Tie-dyed textiles of India : tradition and trade / Veronica Murphy and Rosemary Crill. London: Victoria and Albert Museum :in association with Mapin Publishing, 1991 Number: 0944142303 p. 117 pl. 129 and fig.48
  • Watson, J. Forbes, and Great Britain. India Office. The Textile Manufactures of India. India Office, 1866. 'No.34 / INDIAN FABRICS. / TURBAN / Cotton: Favourite Style of Pattern / Length: 16 1/2 yards ; Width: 10 inches ; Weight: 15 1/2 oz. ; Price: 3s 1 1/2d / From MADRAS / Prov.No.116'
Other number
3043 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
7594(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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