Textile
ca. 1855 (made)
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Length of woven silk and gold cloth. Part of a length of fabric used for making tailored garments (probably robes and trousers), woven of silk and gold-wrapped thread with a red and black diagonal pattern of floral designs. This type of heavy silk-and-gold cloth is often called brocade, or by the Anglo-Indian term 'kincob'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk, silk thread and gold-wrapped thread brocade |
| Brief description | Fragments of woven silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, ca. 1855 |
| Physical description | Length of woven silk and gold cloth. Part of a length of fabric used for making tailored garments (probably robes and trousers), woven of silk and gold-wrapped thread with a red and black diagonal pattern of floral designs. This type of heavy silk-and-gold cloth is often called brocade, or by the Anglo-Indian term 'kincob'. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry 3999: 'Kincob Coat & Loose Trowsers & Coat / Jacket Small / Choga / Jeypore / 55 / Presented by the Rajah / Formed of Benares Kincob / Trowsers taken out for Fabric Book Second Series 1871 / all of these taken out for the Fabric Book - Second Series - '. |
| Other number | 3999 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 7549(IS) |
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| Record created | August 6, 2003 |
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