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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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