Gold Cloth
c.1855 (made)
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A cloth-of-gold textile with metal warps and silk wefts, embellished with dome-shaped sequins (katori), crimped metal strips (badla) and small pieces of beetle-wing cases.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Brief description | Length of gold cloth embellished with metal and clipped beetle-wing cases, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, c.1855 |
| Physical description | A cloth-of-gold textile with metal warps and silk wefts, embellished with dome-shaped sequins (katori), crimped metal strips (badla) and small pieces of beetle-wing cases. |
| Object history | Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Case 26] '0714. GOLD CLOTH. Embroidered with beetles' wings.' (No slip number given.) |
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| Accession number | 0714A/(IS) |
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| Record created | March 27, 2003 |
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