Shawl
19th century (made)
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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
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | IS.158-1984 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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