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Embroidered Cotton Scarf (India)

Part of an embroidered cotton shawl, Bengal, c. 1855. Part of an embroidered cotton shawl, Bengal, c. 1855. Copyright Victoria & Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 05674(IS).

The India Museum in London used to house part of a cotton scarf that was produced in Bengal and acquired in Nepal in c. 1855. It is decorated with a woven checked pattern with tussah silk threads. It is also embroidered in tussah silk with circular and floral motifs. The scarf has been in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, since 1879. The piece measures 105 x 84 cm.

V&A online catalogue (retrieved 2 September 2016).

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