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Boy's Coat

late 18th century-early 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Boy's coat or shawl cloth of brocaded woollen cloth (pashmina) with facings of embroidered silk. Short body, tubular sleeves and full pleated skirt. Open in the front, and secured over the breast by a ball-and-loop and tying cord. The material is an orange coloured pashmina with a brocaded diaper of small flowerets in blue, yellow, green and black. The intervening ground is impressed with four-fold diagonal and intersecting lines forming a diamond trellis. The collar, cuffs and edges are ornamented with strips and panels of sage-green Lahore silk embroidered in coloured silks and silver threads with a delicate design of scrolling floral stems. Lined with a mixed fabric of cotton and silk with vertical stripes in red and pale pink.

This would have been worn in the winter months at several of the courts of North India with trousers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brocaded wool, embroidered in silk and silver threads, lined with cotton and silk
Brief description
Boy's coat or shawl cloth of brocaded wool and embroidered in silk and silver threads, North India, late 18th century-early 19th century
Physical description
Boy's coat or shawl cloth of brocaded woollen cloth (pashmina) with facings of embroidered silk. Short body, tubular sleeves and full pleated skirt. Open in the front, and secured over the breast by a ball-and-loop and tying cord. The material is an orange coloured pashmina with a brocaded diaper of small flowerets in blue, yellow, green and black. The intervening ground is impressed with four-fold diagonal and intersecting lines forming a diamond trellis. The collar, cuffs and edges are ornamented with strips and panels of sage-green Lahore silk embroidered in coloured silks and silver threads with a delicate design of scrolling floral stems. Lined with a mixed fabric of cotton and silk with vertical stripes in red and pale pink.

This would have been worn in the winter months at several of the courts of North India with trousers.
Dimensions
  • Neck to hem length: 87cm
  • At hem width: 100cm
  • Cuff to cuff width: 104cm
  • Length: 36in
  • Across sleeves width: 40in
Credit line
Given by P. F. Dietz, Esq.
Bibliographic references
  • The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 Number: ISBN 0 906969 26 3 p. 97, cat. no. 259, Veronica Murphy
  • Jackson, Anna and Ji Wei (eds.) with Rosemary Crill, Ainsley M. Cameron and Nicholas Barnard, compiled by the Palace Museum, translated by Yuan Hong, Qi Yue and Liu Ran. The Splendour of India' Royal Courts : Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Beijing: the Forbidden City Publishing House, 2013. Text in English and Chinese. ISBN 9787513403917. pps. 138-139
Collection
Accession number
IM.35-1934

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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