V&A online catalogue (retrieved 16th May 2016).
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Shawl Embroiderers and Piecers
Drawing of shawl embroiderers and piecers in Amritsar, India, by John Lockwood Kipling, c. 1870.
Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 0929:9/(IS).
A drawing now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, shows a group of embroiderers and piecers, around 1870, working on the production of Kashmir shawls. The drawing was made in Amritsar by John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), father of the novelist Rudyard Kipling.
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South Asia