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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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