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1968.21.7

Red-brown cotton cloth with embroidered border in floral design, and with bands of diamond-shaped figures on gold ground at sides.

1968.21.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Red-brown cotton cloth with embroidered border in floral design, and with bands of diamond-shaped figures on gold ground at sides.
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Punjab Amritsar
Person
Field collector Helen Maria Dennis
PRM source Helen Maria Dennis
PRM source Dorothy Mayers
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1920?, uncertain
Date collected
By 1920?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1968
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Yarn, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Length 2450 mm, Width 1380 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1968.21.7
Research and responses

I have not seen this item but suspect that it might have been originally made as a shawl (either as a garment or to present to a temple). [JN 21/5/2002]

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Textile, Clothing, House-ornament, Curtain, Shawl