Context (Related Documents)
Note found with object reads: 'used for dressmaking and bought by the collector.' [transcribed by Meghan Backhouse, 2/2/2005]
Event Date
Author: Emily Shorter

Context (Field collection)
Box list adds that this was bought possibly between 1900-1910.
Event Date 1900
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Fragmentary gold thread material for sari. Fair condition. Incomplete.
Event Date 1988
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See record for 1988.413 for information about the collector.
Event Date 2/2/2005
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Several pieces of the same material. Sheer cream silk with gold thread used to highlight circles of sheer material.
Event Date 2/2/2005
Author: Emily Shorter

Description (Physical description)
Rectangular length of sheer, cream, silk fabric embroidered with rows of gold thread intersected by wide bands of circular motifs. Cream band along one long edge; one short edge rough-cut leaving frayed short lengths of fabric. Darkening of metal fibres near torn edge.
Event Date 11/4/2024
Author: Heather Donoghue