V&A online catalogue (retrieved 16th May 2016).
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Craftsman Making Gilt-Thread (India)
Craftsman making gilt-thread, Amritsar, c. 1870. Drawing by John Lockwood Kipling.
Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 0929:18/(IS).
A drawing now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, shows a man winding gold thread onto a spindle. The drawing was made in Amritsar around 1870 by John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), father of the novelist Rudyard Kipling.
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