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Woman Reeling Silk Thread (India)
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.
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South Asia