- Object name(s):
- Scarf
- Brief description:
- Scarf of embroidered white muslin with white cotton thread in chain-stitch. With scalloped edges. Along the scalloped edges is a continuous floral stem. The field is plain and the end borders are filled with three cones.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Embroidery
- Associated concept:
- Textiles
- Associated concept:
- Clothing
- Credit line:
- Given by Mrs Walter Brescoe
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2017KD4596/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 116
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 21.5
- Material:
- Muslin
- Material:
- cotton thread
- Object history note:
- A gift received from Mrs Walter Brescoe.
- Object name:
- Scarf
- Object number:
- IS.39-1966
- Object production date:
- mid-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
- Physical description:
- Scarf of embroidered white muslin with white cotton thread in chain-stitch. With scalloped edges. Along the scalloped edges is a continuous floral stem. The field is plain and the end borders are filled with three cones.
- Reproduction number:
- 2017KD4596
- Reproduction number:
- 2017KD4595
- Reproduction number:
- 2017KD4594
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- embroidering
- Technique:
- Embroidered muslin with cotton thread
- 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/cc5d4f0c-e0bc-39e9-a470-943ecfd27a9e
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/cc5d4f0c-e0bc-39e9-a470-943ecfd27a9e, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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