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Two Men at Embroidery Frame (India)

Two men at an embroidery frame. Drawing by John Lockwood Kipling, c. 1870, in Delhi. Two men at an embroidery frame. Drawing by John Lockwood Kipling, c. 1870, in Delhi. Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 0929:29/(IS).

A drawing (35.6 x 25.7 cm) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, shows two men working at an embroidery frame. The drawing was made in Delhi in November 1870 by John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), father of the novelist Rudyard Kipling. Gold thread (?) is being used to outline a floral pattern. The young man in the front is holding a spool wound with metal thread. A pair of scissors can be seen in a corner of the cloth.

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