Skirt
19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Woman's skirt-piece of dark blue satin embroidered in red, white and yellow silk threads, and inset with small pieces of mirror-glass (shishadar). With a pattern of white floriated crosses within a diamond-trellis of diagonal intersecting lines. At the points where these lines cut each other, are small button-hole stitch discs each enclosing a piece of glass. The border has a band of white above a row of white and yellow floriated crosses on a red ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Satin embroidered with silk threads, and inset mirror-glass |
| Brief description | Woman's skirt-piece of satin embroidered in silk threads, Kutch, 19th century |
| Physical description | Woman's skirt-piece of dark blue satin embroidered in red, white and yellow silk threads, and inset with small pieces of mirror-glass (shishadar). With a pattern of white floriated crosses within a diamond-trellis of diagonal intersecting lines. At the points where these lines cut each other, are small button-hole stitch discs each enclosing a piece of glass. The border has a band of white above a row of white and yellow floriated crosses on a red ground. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Ratan Tata, York House, Twickenham |
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| Accession number | IM.248-1920 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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