label;
advertisement;
print
- Museum number
- 2008,3020.19
- Description
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Chromolithograph pictorial label used for the advertisement and sale of bales of cloth and individual fabric lengths; printed on paper. Garuḍa and Viṣṇu stand before Kalki, the tenth and final avatar of the god.
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 11.90 centimetres
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Width: 16.10 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- This collection of ephemeral sales and advertising chromolithograph labels (2008,3020.1-112) were designed in India, printed in Britain, and then returned to India to be attached to cloth for their subsequent sale in the bazaars. Several of the labels record the location of the mills in Britain and their associated outlets in India, and the majority of the labels depict the gods and goddesses of Hinduism, the Sikh gurus, or scenes from the epics (such as the Ramayana, Mahabharata, etc). Inscriptions can be found on the printed surface of many of the labels, and the script used depended on where the cloth was to be sold in India. While collections of Indian textiles made for both the home and export market are relatively common, British mill-made cloth exported back to India and the labels that would have accompanied them (usually destroyed after the unpacking or sale of the textiles) are rare.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Acquisition notes
- The collection reflects various regions of India, but was acquired in Rajasthan.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2008,3020.19
