Farshi Gharara
ca. 1920 (made)
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A long divided skirt with very full-bottomed legs, the upper part of purple silk with woven motifs of gold-wrapped thread, the lower part of diagonal pink and green silk panels. Plain red cotton waistband; pink silk ezarband in sprang technique.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, woven, pieced, interlaced (sprang) |
| Brief description | Farshi gharara, divided skirt of purple, green and pink silk, Lucknow, ca.1920. |
| Physical description | A long divided skirt with very full-bottomed legs, the upper part of purple silk with woven motifs of gold-wrapped thread, the lower part of diagonal pink and green silk panels. Plain red cotton waistband; pink silk ezarband in sprang technique. |
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| Credit line | Given by Princess Naheed Mazharuddin Khan of Surat, in memory of her mother, Qamar Ahmad |
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| Accession number | IS.6-2010 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2010 |
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