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Skirt

c.1879 (made)
Place of origin
Jodhpur (made)

The extremely voluminous skirt is formed by a multitude of shaped muslin panels, 7 in. wide at the bottom and running into a point at the waist band. These are all sewn together, each alternate seam being covered with a stripe of silver braid. A deep waist-band of crimson cotton fabric supports the skirt, which has a deep border along the bottom of silver cloth patterned with a diamond-diaper.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Clothing
Womenswear
Object type
Skirt
Materials and techniques
Cotton (Textile)
Tinsel Ribbon
Tie-Dye
Applied Work
Brief description
Skirt, cotton tie-dyed in red and yellow and trimmed with silver ribbon, Jodhpur, c.1879; Textiles; Clothing; Women's Clothing
Physical description
The extremely voluminous skirt is formed by a multitude of shaped muslin panels, 7 in. wide at the bottom and running into a point at the waist band. These are all sewn together, each alternate seam being covered with a stripe of silver braid. A deep waist-band of crimson cotton fabric supports the skirt, which has a deep border along the bottom of silver cloth patterned with a diamond-diaper.
Credit line
Given by Miss Isabella M. Impey
Object history
1933 Register entry: 'SKIRT FOR A RAJPUT PRINCESS, of muslin bandhana-dyed in diagonal red and yellow stripes. Ornamented with silver cloth and braid. Worn by a wife of Maharaja Jaswant Singh, II, K.C.S.I. (1873-1895), of Jodhpur, Rajputana: 1879. L. 2ft.. 9 1/2 in., Circumference of bottom 214 ft. Given by Miss Isabella M. Impey. IM. 35-1833'
Associated object
IM.35A-1933 (Group)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.35-1933

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Record createdAugust 16, 2017
Record URL
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