Skirt

29-96-42

From: India

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-96-42
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Indian
Provenience India
Period 19th Century
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Cotton | Mirrors
Technique Embroidered | Phulkari | Dyed | Woven
Iconography Geometric
Description

Skirt of rusty black cotton embroidered roughly in big long stiches of yellow and green raw silk. Central design of yellow squares around green circles with mirrors at the center. Squares are seperated by a lattice of green thread. Borders of zig-zag lines.

Length 234 cm
Width 123 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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