Textile Item Number: B669 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Silk textile consisting of a red border and a central black panel with a floral pattern in pastel colours. Around the centre on two sides is two bands with a larger floral pattern, on the opposite sides is differing floral design that details a single band. In the middle is a geometric, T-like shape made of the same pattern as the single band. Blue and brown check pattern lining.
Narrative
Collected by Col. R. E. Roome from the old Mogul palace in Old Delhi.
Item History
- Made in Jammu-Kashmir, India
- Collected during 1920
- Owned by R. E. Roome
- Owned by I. M. Roome before February 1963
- Received from I. M. Roome (Donor) during February 1963
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- B669
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- pieced and lined
- Overall
- height 113.3 cm, width 87.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- North India
- Previous Owner
- R. E. Roome and I. M. Roome
- Received from
- I. M. Roome (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Jammu-Kashmir, India
When
- Collection Date
- during 1920
- Ownership Date
- before February 1963
- Acquisition Date
- during February 1963
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0098/0007