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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