"Silk woven with gold-wrapped thread. Diagonal stripes (ari-jhari) are ornamented alternately with cones and floral design in gold and many colours on a crimson ground using a technique known as meenakari (enamelling)."@en . "This piece of brocade is an example of kincob. This anglicised term of uncertain origin, means a rich silk fabric with patterns woven in a weft thread of gold and silver-wrapped thread (zari), made by wrapping gold or silver wire around a silk core (kalabuttu zari). Kincob was usually sold by weight. Varanasi (Benares), an important centre of fine weaving from ancient times, developed as a silk weaving centre during the Mughal period and still has many fine silk weaving workshops."@en . . . "This piece of brocade is an example of kincob. This anglicised term of uncertain origin, means a rich silk fabric with patterns woven in a weft thread of gold and silver-wrapped thread (zari), made by wrapping gold or silver wire around a silk core (kalabuttu zari). Kincob was usually sold by weight. Varanasi (Benares), an important centre of fine weaving from ancient times, developed as a silk weaving centre during the Mughal period and still has many fine silk weaving workshops."@en . "Silk brocade textile, Varanasi, 19th Century."@en . . "This piece was bought in India for the Museum for \u00A34.15.10 by Caspar Purdon Clarke in 1882"@en . . . "Silk woven with gold-wrapped thread. Diagonal stripes (ari-jhari) are ornamented alternately with cones and floral design in gold and many colours on a crimson ground using a technique known as meenakari (enamelling)."@en . . "IS.786-1883" . . "0.83219999074935913086"^^ . "1880~, Varanasi" . . . . "1880~, Varanasi" . "Silk brocade textile, Varanasi, 19th Century."@en . "This piece was bought in India for the Museum for \u00A34.15.10 by Caspar Purdon Clarke in 1882"@en . .