Woman Reeling Silk Thread (India)

Woman reeling silk thread for embroidery. Drawing made by John Lockwood Kipling, Delhi, c. 1870. Woman reeling silk thread for embroidery. Drawing made by John Lockwood Kipling, Delhi, c. 1870. Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 0929:12/(IS).

A drawing (35.7 x 26.4 cm) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, shows a woman reeling silk thread for embroidery. The drawing was made in Delhi around 1870 by John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), father of the novelist Rudyard Kipling.

V&A online catalogue (retrieved 16 May 2016)

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