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Object name(s):
Coverlet
Brief description:
Coverlet of white embroidered cotton with yellow 'tussar' or 'muga' silk in chain stich. The design has two panels filled with 'kalka' motifs.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Embroidery
Associated concept:
Textiles
Associated concept:
Interiors
Credit line:
Given by W. Marais
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AN9639/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Length
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
33.25
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
33.5
Material:
Cotton
Material:
silk thread
Object history note:
A gift received from W. Marais.
Object name:
Coverlet
Object number:
IS.118-1965
Object production date:
19th century
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1800-01-01
Date - latest:
1900-12-31
Object production person:
Unknown
Object production place:
Dhaka
Place association:
made
Place note:
probably
Physical description:
Coverlet of white embroidered cotton with yellow 'tussar' or 'muga' silk in chain stich. The design has two panels filled with 'kalka' motifs.
Reproduction number:
2006AN9639
Responsible department/section:
SSEA
Technique:
embroidery
Technique:
Embroidered cotton 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.) :
Reference:
Indian embroidery / Rosemary Crill ; photography by Richard Davis. London: V&A Publications, 1999 Number: 185177310X, 1851772944 (pbk.)
User's reference:
Reference details:
p.66
User's reference:
Reference details:
p.64, cat. no 53

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8296deb9-7ca9-3206-92cc-0f59a8a85ffa

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8296deb9-7ca9-3206-92cc-0f59a8a85ffa, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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