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Unknown Maker, Indian

Embroidery Fragment

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Indian

Culture

Indian

Title

Embroidery Fragment

Year

late 1600s-late 1700s

Medium

  • Cotton muslin ground with chain-stitched mochi motifs and silver-metallic badla embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Cotton muslin ground with chain-stitched mochi motifs and silver-metallic badla embroidery

Geography

Place Made: Probably Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Dimensions

17.1 x 38.1 cm (6 3/4 x 15 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Francis Crosby Whitehead

Object Number

71.109.36

Type

  • Textiles

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Lost in the Museum
Oct 05, 2018 – Aug 25, 2019

Label copy

This textile was catalogued properly when it arrived, but as the object went on and off display, the label that connected them to their records were lost.

The distinctive materials and techniques that make these works noteworthy today-peacock-feather yarns, metallic-wrapped threads, and raffia cut pile-were all described in their original records. By examining details listed in museum records, including fiber contents, measurements, motifs, and embellishments, researchers reunited the unlabeled textiles with their original biographical data, bringing them back into circulation.

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This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Unknown Maker, Indian
Embroidery Fragment, late 1600s-late 1700s
Cotton muslin ground with chain-stitched mochi motifs and silver-metallic badla embroidery
17.1 x 38.1 cm (6 3/4 x 15 inches)
Gift of Francis Crosby Whitehead 71.109.36

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