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Boy's Waistcoat

mid 20th century (made)
Place of origin

Embroidered garments from northern Pakistan, like this child's waistcoat, are frequently embellished with buttons, zip fasteners, coins, glass beads and metal decorations as well as the fine silk embroidery typical of the region. Like many full-skirted women's dresses, the ground fabric is a coarse black cotton cloth. The embroidery thread, glass beads and other added decorations would either be bought from the bazaar or from itinerant salesmen who travel throughout these steep valleys branching off from the River Indus.


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Brief description
Embroidered waistcoat for a boy from the Kohistan region of Northern Pakistan made in the twentieth century.; Costume, embroidered, Kohistan N Pakistan, C20
Physical description
Child's waistcoat of black cotton fabric, embroidered with silk and embellished with buttons, glass beads and zip fasteners.
Summary
Embroidered garments from northern Pakistan, like this child's waistcoat, are frequently embellished with buttons, zip fasteners, coins, glass beads and metal decorations as well as the fine silk embroidery typical of the region. Like many full-skirted women's dresses, the ground fabric is a coarse black cotton cloth. The embroidery thread, glass beads and other added decorations would either be bought from the bazaar or from itinerant salesmen who travel throughout these steep valleys branching off from the River Indus.
Bibliographic references
  • Indian embroidery / Rosemary Crill ; photography by Richard Davis. London: V&A Publications, 1999 Number: 185177310X, 1851772944 (pbk.) p. 22, cat. no. 131, ill. p. 130
  • Dress in detail from around the world / Rosemary Crill, Jennifer Wearden and Verity Wilson ; with contributions from Anna Jackson and Charlotte Horlyck ; photographs by Richard Davis, drawings by Leonie Davis. London: V&A Publications, 2002 Number: 1851773770 (hbk), 1851773789 (pbk) pp.208-09, ill.
  • Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443 p. 124, ill. pl. 198
Collection
Accession number
IS.32-1996

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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