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1880~, Varanasi

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Identifier
IS.789-1883
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Material
Gold thread
Silk
Technique
Brocade (fabric)
Depiction
  • Floral motif 59%
Dimension
233.68 cm (length)
73.66 cm (width)
Production time
1880~
19th century (dates CE)
Production place
Varanasi
Type of object
fabrics

Description

Silk brocade textile, Varanasi, 19th Century. Brocade is a rich silk fabric with patterns in gold and silver thread. This piece has pattern of an ornamented trellis enclosing conventional flower in gold on a cream silk ground.

The data contained in ADASilk comes from the archives of Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, CDMT Terrassa, Europeana, Gallica, Garín 1820, Joconde Database of French Museum Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mobilier International, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée des Tissus, Musei di Venezia, Museo de Arte Sacro El Tesoro de la Concepción, Paris Musées, Red Digital de Colecciones de Museos de España, Rhode Island School of Design, Sicily Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian, Versailles, Victoria and Albert Museum. The Virtual Loom and Spatio-Temporal Maps visualizations have been developed by Universitat de Valencia. ADASilk is based on a generic exploratory search engine for knowledge graphs being developed at EURECOM and includes scientific contributions from Universitat de Valencia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Lyon 2, Universita Degli Studi di Palermo, GARIN 1820 S.A., Institut Jozef Stefan, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Monkeyfab, and Instituto Cervantes.

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