Accession No

1988.407


Description

A rectangular piece of white linen or cotton with an embroidered border of red and green silk threads. It is embroidered along the two long edges with parallel rows of embroidered fan stitch in red, with a row of green semicircles in chain stitch running along the top; the two short edges are embroidered with continuous squares of fan stitch in red.


Place

Asia; South Asia; India; Gujarat


Period


Source

Caroe, Grace Desborough (Mrs) [field collector]; Cra'ster, Mary Desborough [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1988.407


Cultural Affliation

Gujarat


Material

Silk; ?Linen; ?Cotton


Local Term


Measurements

1340mm x 2040mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Mrs. Grace Desborough Caroe in 1900.
Event Date 1900
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Large piece of white cotton/linen fabric with embroidered borders in deep rose silk thread and green with line of black on very edge. Fabric stained. Poor condition. Whole.
Event Date 1988
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Box list adds that this object was collected between 1900 and 1910.
Event Date 27/1/2005
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
The embroidery on this piece is not as dense as on 1988.406, and not as fine.
Event Date 27/1/2005
Author: Emily Shorter


Description (Physical description)
A rectangular piece of white linen or cotton with an embroidered border of red and green silk threads. It is embroidered along the two long edges with parallel rows of embroidered fan stitch in red, with a row of green semicircles in chain stitch running along the top; the two short edges are embroidered with continuous squares of fan stitch in red.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Emily Shorter


Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5950 | Freezing
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan


FM:80324

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