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South Kensington Museum. Illustrations of the Textile Manufactures of India. London: 1881. 2° (463 x 340mm). 86 chromo-lithographic plates. (Occasional marginal spotting and soiling, heavier on title.) Contemporary half sheep, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge gilt (extremities rubbed, hinges cracked). Provenance: Lionel Phillips (book label).
A collection of plates on Indian textiles from the Victoria & Albert Museum which include many designs for turbans, garments, scarf and mats. The museum's Indian collections have their origins in the East India Company's Museum, or Oriental Repository, founded in 1791. In 1881, the year of publication of the present book, Caspar Purdon Clarke, who had arranged the new Indian section, was sent to India to expand the collections with instructions to collect objects in everyday production in order to encourage the 'native art manufactures' of India. It was also intended that these would provide models of design and ornamentation for British manufacturers and art students. Clarke's purchases included probably the museum's largest single acquisition of Indian textiles, in all more than a thousand examples of textiles and dress. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.
A collection of plates on Indian textiles from the Victoria & Albert Museum which include many designs for turbans, garments, scarf and mats. The museum's Indian collections have their origins in the East India Company's Museum, or Oriental Repository, founded in 1791. In 1881, the year of publication of the present book, Caspar Purdon Clarke, who had arranged the new Indian section, was sent to India to expand the collections with instructions to collect objects in everyday production in order to encourage the 'native art manufactures' of India. It was also intended that these would provide models of design and ornamentation for British manufacturers and art students. Clarke's purchases included probably the museum's largest single acquisition of Indian textiles, in all more than a thousand examples of textiles and dress. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.