- Woman's shirt (kurta)
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Woman's shirt (kurta)
- Place of origin:
Pakistan (From the Indus Kohistan region of North-West frontier Province, Pakistan., made)
- Date:
1950-70 (made)
- Materials and Techniques:
Cotton, silk embroidery
- Museum number:
IS 3-1997
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Loose-fitting cotton shirt with round neck and long sleeves, black cotton embroidered with chain stitch in silk thread, decorated with attached coins, plastic beads, metal tags, and a zip fastener at the neck.
Place of Origin
Pakistan (From the Indus Kohistan region of North-West frontier Province, Pakistan., made)
Date
1950-70 (made)
Materials and Techniques
Cotton, silk embroidery
Dimensions
Length: 98 cm, Width: 156 cm
Descriptive line
Woman's shirt, cotton embroidered with silk and other decorations, Pakistan, Indus Kohsitan, mid-20th century.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
p. 22, cat. no. 132, ill. p. 131
Indian embroidery / Rosemary Crill ; photography by Richard Davis. London: V&A Publications, 1999 Number: 185177310X, 1851772944 (pbk.)
pp48-49
Dress in detail from around the world / Rosemary Crill, Jennifer Wearden and Verity Wilson ; with contributions from Anna Jackson and Charlotte Horlyck ; photographs by Richard Davis, drawings by Leonie Davis. London: V&A Publications, 2002 Number: 1851773770 (hbk), 1851773789 (pbk)
p. 125, ill. pl. 200
Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443
Materials
Cotton; Silk
Techniques
Embroidery
Categories
Clothing; Embroidery; Women's clothes; Textiles
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
