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Add Or 755
- Record Id:
- 032-003263658
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003263658
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x00006b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100146891225.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 755
- Title:
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A pile-carpet loom being worked at Hunsur (Mysore)
- Scope & Content:
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A pile-carpet loom at Hunsur (Mysore).
By a South Indian artist, 1850.
Pen-and-ink and water-colour; 17.5 by 24.5 ins.
Inscribed in Persian: ‘ghalichah buni (bunni) ka pathra’ (Rug weaving loom): in English: ‘Plan and Elevation of a Carpet loom with five men at work. Grazing Farm. Hoonsoor. 1st Nov, 1850.’
Presented to the East India Company’s Museum, 1850.
Note: The Amrit Mahal cattle-breeding establishment was at Hunsur, on the south-western side of Mysore adjoining Coorg. Until 1864 it had a large tannery, blanket manufactory and timber yard maintained by, the Madras Commmissariat. This drawing may well have been sent to the East India Company together with a specimen carpet for the Museum.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003263658
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003263658
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100146891225.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- South India/Hunsur style
South Indian style - Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: pen-and-ink; watercolour
- Finding Aids:
- Mildred Archer, Company drawings in the India Office Library (London, 1972), 37
- Exhibitions:
- Trading Places: The East India Company and Asia, British Library, 24 May 2002 - 15 September 2002
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)