Accession No
1988.447
Description
Length of embroidered edging or border. Strip of woven blue silk embroidered with flowers and geometric motifs; embroidery in white, purple and yellow; one long edge hemmed, the other cut and raw.
Place
Asia; South Asia; India; Maharashtra; Mumbai
Period
Source
Caroe, Grace Desborough (Mrs) [collector]; Cra'ster, Mary Desborough [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1988.447
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cloth; Silk
Local Term
Measurements
50mm x 920mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Mrs. Grace Desborough Caroe in 1900: Edging thought to have been purchased in London.
Event Date 1900
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Production / use)
Edging embroidered by Chinese in Bombay for Parsee clothing decoration; purely decorative.
Event Date 1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Sample of embroidered edging. Black background with running white flower (with yellow and purple centre) motif with border designs on each side.'
Event Date 1988
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Length of embroidered edging or border. Strip of woven blue silk embroidered with flowers and geometric motifs; embroidery in white, purple and yellow; one long edge hemmed, the other cut and raw.
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: Katrina Dring
Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2024.5950 | Freezing
Event Date 24/5/2024
Author: Kirsty Kernohan
FM:80372
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