- Object name(s):
- Scarf
- Brief description:
- White muslin, embroidered in coloured floss (untwisted) silks in satin stitch.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Textiles
- Associated concept:
- Embroidery
- Associated concept:
- Clothing
- Associated concept:
- Accessories
- Associated concept:
- Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project
- Associated concept:
- India Museum
- Content - concept:
- Flowers
- Content - concept:
- Foliage
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2012FF4843/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 290
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 66
- Material:
- muslin
- Material:
- silk thread
- Object name:
- Scarf
- Object number:
- 8749(IS)
- Object production date:
- mid 19th century
- Date - association:
- Made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1825-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1875-12-31
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Object production place:
- Dhaka
- Place association:
- Made
- Physical description:
- White muslin, embroidered in coloured floss (untwisted) silks in satin stitch.
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FF4843
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FL3998
- Reproduction number:
- 2012FL3999
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- embroidered
- Technique:
- woven
- Technique:
- Muslin and silk, woven, with a second layer of unidentified fine material, possibly added later; embroidered with silk
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.67
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/25e762f0-f414-36e6-9b3d-39f364eb32d9
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/25e762f0-f414-36e6-9b3d-39f364eb32d9, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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