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1855, Dhaka

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Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert Museum
Identifier
0417(IS)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Material
Cotton
Silk
Technique
Muslin
Weaving
Embroider
Depiction
  • Floral motif 60%
Dimension
282 cm (length)
64 cm (width)
Production time
1855
19th century (dates CE)
Production place
Dhaka
Type of object
costume
costume accessories
fabrics
women's attire

Description

Textile, scarf, cotton muslin, embroidered, Dhaka, 1855. For use as a garment. Length of unbleached muslin, with embroidered borders and ends in coloured, untwisted silks with flower and foliage design. Embroidery features three rows of flowers and leaves enclosed in buta patterns.

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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