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Table Cloth

ca. 1935 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Swat Valley (made)

Table cover of black cotton embroidered with coloured silks. With a symmetrical floral pattern mainly consisting of angular flowering stems grouped round a large diamond-shaped device in the middle.

Object details

Categories
Textiles
Embroidery
Tableware & Cutlery
Object type
Table cloth
Materials and techniques
Cotton embroidered with silks
Cotton
Silk Thread
Brief description
Table cloth of embroidered cotton in coloured silks, Swat Valley, Pakistan, ca. 1935
Physical description
Table cover of black cotton embroidered with coloured silks. With a symmetrical floral pattern mainly consisting of angular flowering stems grouped round a large diamond-shaped device in the middle.
Dimensions
  • Length: 71cm
  • Width: 71.5cm
Credit line
Given by Major E. H. Cobb
Bibliographic references
  • Indian embroidery / Rosemary Crill ; photography by Richard Davis. London: V&A Publications, 1999 Number: 185177310X, 1851772944 (pbk.) p. 22, cat. no. 128, ill. p.128
  • Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443 p. 134, ill. pl. 213
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.37-1938

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Record createdOctober 17, 2002
Record URL
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