Textile Item Number: B664 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Small, square textile, embroidered with gold and bronze metallic thread. The edges are bordered with a floral patterned called ‘velpati/creepers’. The centre has small circles in rows with alternating green and red middles. The underside has UBC written in blue pen and the old object number in black pen.
Cultural Context
Probably a dowry piece.
Item History
- Made in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Collected during 1870
- Owned by Universal Art Gallery before March 1960
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Universal Art Gallery (Seller) during March 1960
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- B664
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- silk fibre, metal and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- brocaded
- Overall
- height 44.4 cm, width 43.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
- Previous Owner
- Universal Art Gallery
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Universal Art Gallery (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
When
- Collection Date
- during 1870
- Ownership Date
- before March 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during March 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0024/0034