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Rekord verktyg Display vyer	Detaljer Remove from selection Add to selection CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection ObjektnummerS1959-0052-001-0 TitelKashmiri Shawl BeskrivningThe shawl is hand-woven in three pieces with the twill-tapestry borders sewn to the plain twill centre. The borders feature a row of six buta or guldasta (vase of flowers) resembling a flowering bush. The subtlety of the colours is the result of using natural dyes such as cochineal for the crimson, indigo for blues and purples, carthamus and saffron for orange and yellow, and iron fillings for black.Particularly significant is the 18th century shawl or kanikar from Kashmir. Its twill tapestry of the traditional design of guldasta or vase of flowers along the borders and the fine woven pashrnina dyed in red reveals the technical virtuosity in patterning and dyeing that has made Indian textiles so much sought after since the 2nd century. Historians have noted that in the early 18th century, the simple floral motif on Kashmiri shawls came to be treated more formally, and the number of flowers stemming from a single plant increased. At about the same time it ceased to be depicted as a flower with roots and merged with another well known Indo-Persian decorative motif - the conventional vase of flowers. Many of the 18th century forms betray their dual origin by retaining both the vase and the appearance of root growth. (Source: Camping and Tramping, An Anecdotal Guide to Objects, Accumulations – Object, Order, Wonder, Part (c), No 95). ProduktionsplatsIndia, Kashmir Datum 1959 Produktionsperiod18th C Föremål_kategoriTextile MaterialPashmina (goat’s wool), silk TeknikTwill tapestry - C Dimensioner L: 452 cm W: 70 cm KreditDonated by the Indian Government

CollectionSouth & Southeast Asian Collection

ObjektnummerS1959-0052-001-0

TitelKashmiri Shawl

BeskrivningThe shawl is hand-woven in three pieces with the twill-tapestry borders sewn to the plain twill centre. The borders feature a row of six buta or guldasta (vase of flowers) resembling a flowering bush. The subtlety of the colours is the result of using natural dyes such as cochineal for the crimson, indigo for blues and purples, carthamus and saffron for orange and yellow, and iron fillings for black.Particularly significant is the 18th century shawl or kanikar from Kashmir. Its twill tapestry of the traditional design of guldasta or vase of flowers along the borders and the fine woven pashrnina dyed in red reveals the technical virtuosity in patterning and dyeing that has made Indian textiles so much sought after since the 2nd century. Historians have noted that in the early 18th century, the simple floral motif on Kashmiri shawls came to be treated more formally, and the number of flowers stemming from a single plant increased. At about the same time it ceased to be depicted as a flower with roots and merged with another well known Indo-Persian decorative motif - the conventional vase of flowers. Many of the 18th century forms betray their dual origin by retaining both the vase and the appearance of root growth. (Source: Camping and Tramping, An Anecdotal Guide to Objects, Accumulations – Object, Order, Wonder, Part (c), No 95).

ProduktionsplatsIndia, Kashmir

Datum 1959

Produktionsperiod18th C

Föremål_kategoriTextile

MaterialPashmina (goat’s wool), silk

TeknikTwill tapestry - C

Dimensioner

L: 452 cm
W: 70 cm

KreditDonated by the Indian Government

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