Not currently on display at the V&A

Tunic

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tunic of yellow Bokhara silk embroidered in coloured silks. With short tubular sleeves with triangular gussets of red silk let in under the arm-pits. Straight sided body increasing in width to the bottom. Round neck-hole, fastened by a ball and loop front and back. Long opening above the breast and back. Embroidered with brightly-coloured floss silks in satin and chain stitches on the front with sprays of flowers in red, green, magenta and white, and on the front and back of the body, neck-opening, and the ends of the sleeves with bands of half flowers on undulating stems, with the addition of a brattishing of flowers and spear-head buds at the neck and sleeve-ends, and along the bottom border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Embroidered silk in floss silks
Brief description
Tunic of Bokhara silk embroidered in floss silks, Sindh, 19th century
Physical description
Tunic of yellow Bokhara silk embroidered in coloured silks. With short tubular sleeves with triangular gussets of red silk let in under the arm-pits. Straight sided body increasing in width to the bottom. Round neck-hole, fastened by a ball and loop front and back. Long opening above the breast and back. Embroidered with brightly-coloured floss silks in satin and chain stitches on the front with sprays of flowers in red, green, magenta and white, and on the front and back of the body, neck-opening, and the ends of the sleeves with bands of half flowers on undulating stems, with the addition of a brattishing of flowers and spear-head buds at the neck and sleeve-ends, and along the bottom border.
Dimensions
  • Length: 31in
  • Across the sleeves width: 35.5in
Credit line
Given by Lady Kathleen Alexander
Collection
Accession number
IM.352-1923

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest