Tinsel Ribbon
c.1855 (made)
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This length of gota, ribbon woven of silk and strips of metal, was collected for the Paris Exhibition of 1855. Gota is often used to embellish dress and textiles in South Asia, and can be sewn flat along borders, twisted into designs and couched down, or cut into smaller pieces for applique-work. Gota is made in a wide range of widths and styles, from plain silver or gold, patterned with coloured silks, or embossed with stamping techniques. This example has been embossed with designs that give it a 3D effect.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Brief description | Strip and roll of silver-gilt tinsel ribbon (gota), Delhi, ca. 1855; Textiles |
| Physical description | Roll of silver-gilt tinsel ribbon, woven of strips of silver gilt warps and orange silk wefts. Embossed with diagonal geometric and floral motifs. |
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| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum is 1879. Purchased for the Paris International Exhibition of 1855. Slip Book entry 619: 'Three pieces Gold Ribbon / Delhi / 1855 / Purchased / Two of the pieces are half silver and half gold in width for trimming costume.' 1880 Register entry: 'RIBBON. Piece of, stamped gold; Delhi. 619' |
| Summary | This length of gota, ribbon woven of silk and strips of metal, was collected for the Paris Exhibition of 1855. Gota is often used to embellish dress and textiles in South Asia, and can be sewn flat along borders, twisted into designs and couched down, or cut into smaller pieces for applique-work. Gota is made in a wide range of widths and styles, from plain silver or gold, patterned with coloured silks, or embossed with stamping techniques. This example has been embossed with designs that give it a 3D effect. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bryant, Julius and Weber, Susan, John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London Newhaven: Yale University Press, 2017
p. 533, cat. no. 88 |
| Other number | 619 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 05932(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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