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Six Men at an Embroidery Frame (India)

Six men working at an embroidery frame. Drawing made by John Lockwood Kipling, Delhi, c. 1870. Six men working at an embroidery frame. Drawing made by John Lockwood Kipling, Delhi, c. 1870. Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 0929:31/(IS).

A drawing (36.7 x 26.3 cm) now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, shows six 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. They are working together on a jewelled cloth. The drawing also shows scissors, a spoon and thread.

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