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Textile

ca. 1855-1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hand loom woven cotton textile (khes), lighter weight than some examples. Blue and white cotton, woven in small squares with white borders, containing a blue and white geometric design, which reverses on the other side. Cut fragment. Made in one of the small scale cottage industries of Central and North Sindh. 'Khes' are labour intensive and expensive to produce, they are generally woven in sets of four pairs end to end, cut and then stitched together to produce the required width for bed covers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Woven cotton
Brief description
Textiles, khes, woven cotton, Sindh, ca. 1855-1879
Physical description
Hand loom woven cotton textile (khes), lighter weight than some examples. Blue and white cotton, woven in small squares with white borders, containing a blue and white geometric design, which reverses on the other side. Cut fragment. Made in one of the small scale cottage industries of Central and North Sindh. 'Khes' are labour intensive and expensive to produce, they are generally woven in sets of four pairs end to end, cut and then stitched together to produce the required width for bed covers.
Dimensions
  • Length: 208cm (maximum)
  • Width: 54cm (maximum)
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879.
Collection
Accession number
8580(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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