Dress
20th century (made)
Not currently on display at the V&A
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This woman's dress from Northern Pakistan has an astonishing 524 triangular and rectangular panels inserted into the skirt to provide a swirling mass of fabric around the knee-length hemline. The use of prodigious amounts of cloth is also a feature of other types of dress from this region, for example the immensely wide-waisted trousers formerly worn by both men and women. It is not clear whether this taste for extra cloth is a response to the harsh climate in this remote mountainous region or a form of modesty that hides the outlines of the legs.
object details
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| Materials and Techniques | Cotton embroidered with silk |
| Brief Description | Woman's embroidered cotton dress, Pakistan, 20th century. |
| Physical Description | This cotton dress ('jumlo') with silk embroidery is in the Indus Kohistan style but the embroidery, apart from the added cuffs which are done in cross stitch, is in a surface darn stitch like the Swati shawls and kurtas. |
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| Summary | This woman's dress from Northern Pakistan has an astonishing 524 triangular and rectangular panels inserted into the skirt to provide a swirling mass of fabric around the knee-length hemline. The use of prodigious amounts of cloth is also a feature of other types of dress from this region, for example the immensely wide-waisted trousers formerly worn by both men and women. It is not clear whether this taste for extra cloth is a response to the harsh climate in this remote mountainous region or a form of modesty that hides the outlines of the legs. |
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| Accession Number | IS.33-1996 |
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| record created | November 12, 2002 |
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