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Shawl

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shawl of tie-dyed silk. With turquoise and pink. The field has a design of large and small dots arranged in squares. Border with a wave-pattern of small dots. Now backed with black net.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tie-dyed silk
Brief description
Shawl of tie-dyed silk, Kutch, 19th century
Physical description
Shawl of tie-dyed silk. With turquoise and pink. The field has a design of large and small dots arranged in squares. Border with a wave-pattern of small dots. Now backed with black net.
Dimensions
  • Width: 45.5in
  • Width: 116cm
  • Length: 71in
  • Length: 183cm
Object history
Made for the Parsi market.
Bibliographic reference
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. 54, cat. no. 34.
Collection
Accession number
IS.158-1984

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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