Overdress

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Artist/Maker	Unknown (Maker)
Place of origin	Tibet (made)

This over-dress or Tangtsag, was worn over a brocade chuba by noblewomen in Tibet for important celebrations or one’s own wedding. Such garments were always used when the full set of seven types of traditional jewellery were worn on such special occasions.

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Categories	Clothing Textiles
Object type	Overdress
Materials and techniques	Woven and dyed wool Wool Weaving
Brief description	An outer-dress made from multiple strips of woven striped wool stitched together.
Physical description	An overdress consisting of several vertical bands of woven and dyed wool stitched together. The bands are horizontal and of dark red, brown and blue colour interspersed with lighter beige stripes. Each shoulder is edged with a band of geometrically patterned purple brocade. The garment has a simple front opening with each lapel doubling back on the opening.hh
Dimensions	Hem to top of neck. height: 119cm Outer side of shoulder to outer side of other shoulder. weight: 47cm
Credit line	Gift of Karun Thakar in memory of Lord Alistar McAlpine
Object history	Collected in the 1980s in Tibet by Christopher Buckley
Summary	This over-dress or Tangtsag, was worn over a brocade chuba by noblewomen in Tibet for important celebrations or one’s own wedding. Such garments were always used when the full set of seven types of traditional jewellery were worn on such special occasions.
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	IS.56-2016

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Record created	December 8, 2015
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1326002/overdress-unknown/

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