Tunic

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Place of origin

Surat (made)

Tunic (jubla) piece, unfinished, red silk satin with appliqué around arms and hem in silver-wrapped thread and silver-coloured sequins, the centre and top of the back also have peacock and flowering plant motifs. The neck opening has not been cut away and the sides are not sewn together.

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Categories	Textiles Clothing Children's Clothes Parasol Foundation Trust Indian Textiles Cataloguing Project India Museum
Object type	Tunic
Materials and techniques	Silk (Textile) Metal-Wrapped Thread Sequins Silk Thread Applied Work
Brief description	Tunic (jubla) for a Parsi child, unfinished, red satin with metal-wrapped thread and sequins, Surat, ca. 1855; Textiles; Embroidery; Clothing
Physical description	Tunic (jubla) piece, unfinished, red silk satin with appliqué around arms and hem in silver-wrapped thread and silver-coloured sequins, the centre and top of the back also have peacock and flowering plant motifs. The neck opening has not been cut away and the sides are not sewn together.
Dimensions	Neck to hem length: 73cm Width: 65cm
Object history	Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry 3067: 'A Child's Dress / Jubla / Surat / 55 / Red Satin richly embroidered with Silver Thread and Spangles'
Bibliographic reference	Ashmore, Sonia: Arts of Asia, vol. 45, no. 5, September - October 2015, "The Parasol Foundation Trust Programme: digitising and cataloguing the V&A's South Asian collection.", p. 108, pl. 28.
Other number	3067 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	4482(IS)

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O477036/tunic/

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