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Weaving and Spinning
Kehar Singh (Indian)
c. 1860
- Medium
- Gum tempera and ink on paper
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.7 x 19 cm (9 5/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- India, Punjab, probably Amritsar or Lahore, Company school, 19th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Ward
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Hand-spun and woven cotton cloth was probably the most important commodity exported from India during the 1700s and 1800s. The British East India Company expanded to manage the business of textile production and international sale. The humble conditions under which Indian weavers and spinners worked are depicted here, where simple looms are made from crude branches, and the craftsmen work on the ground. The inscriptions at the top of the page indicate the artist’s name and the workers’ occupations.
