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Stole
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Stole
- Place of origin:
Thar Desert (made)
- Date:
ca. 1900 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Embroidered cotton with floss silks
- Credit Line:
Collection of the late Mr Justice Feroze Nana, given to the V&A by his widow and children
- Museum number:
IS.14-1981
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Man's stole or sash of embroidered cotton. Red cotton embroidered in green, pink, yellow, blue, purple and white floss silks. Green edging of knots with coloured tassels at both ends.
Place of Origin
Thar Desert (made)
Date
ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Embroidered cotton with floss silks
Dimensions
Length: 176 cm, Width: 62.5 cm
Descriptive line
Man's stole or sash of embroidered cotton with floss silks, probably made by the Meghwar tribe, Thar Desert, Pakistan, ca. 1900.
Production Note
Probably made by the Meghwar tribe.
Materials
Cotton
Techniques
Embroidered
Subjects depicted
Geometric pattern; Triangle
Categories
Textiles; Embroidery; Men's clothes
Collection code
SSEA
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