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A work made of silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core, plain weave with self-patterning wefts; silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core plain weave with metal foil (gold/silver) around a cotton core supplementary brocading wefts; silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; pieced; lining: silk, plain weave.

Sari

c. 1940/1960

India, Banaras

India

Silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core, plain weave with self-patterning wefts; silk and metal foil (gold/silver) around a silk core plain weave with metal foil (gold/silver) around a cotton core supplementary brocading wefts; silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; pieced; lining: silk, plain weave

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