Odhani
ca. 1855 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This block-printed headscarf or odhani was printed in imitation of a bandhani, a tie-dyeing technique in which patterns are formed from arrangements of resist-dyed dots. The silk from which it is made comes from China, and at one end there are stock-taking inscriptions in Chinese.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Block-printed silk |
| Brief description | Costume, silk; Textile |
| Physical description | Silk block-printed odhani. Printed in imitation of a bandhani, the silk used for this piece was imported from China. Made up of two pieces joined. |
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| Production type | Copy |
| Production | The silk used is from China as it bears stock-taking inscriptions in Chinese on one end. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This block-printed headscarf or odhani was printed in imitation of a bandhani, a tie-dyeing technique in which patterns are formed from arrangements of resist-dyed dots. The silk from which it is made comes from China, and at one end there are stock-taking inscriptions in Chinese. |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 4903(IS) |
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| Record created | January 10, 2003 |
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