Jacket
1994-1995 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
The entire surface of this tight-fitted jacket is covered with fine pleats. Asha Sarabhai designed it and it was made in her workshop, Raag, based in Ahmedabad, India.
Raag is a workshop set up by the textile designer Asha Sarabhai in Ahmedabad, India. Whereas the general trend in many parts of India is for craftspeople to be pushed into producing cheap sub-standard products for mass consumption and export markets, the philosophy behind Raag is to give skilled craftspeople the time to produce extremely high quality textiles and clothing for a smaller market appreiative of their skills. The textiles and clothing are notable for their use of the natural colour of silks or vegetable dyes, as well as the fineness of the hand and machine stitching.
Raag is a workshop set up by the textile designer Asha Sarabhai in Ahmedabad, India. Whereas the general trend in many parts of India is for craftspeople to be pushed into producing cheap sub-standard products for mass consumption and export markets, the philosophy behind Raag is to give skilled craftspeople the time to produce extremely high quality textiles and clothing for a smaller market appreiative of their skills. The textiles and clothing are notable for their use of the natural colour of silks or vegetable dyes, as well as the fineness of the hand and machine stitching.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Mulbery Silk, undyed, pleated and stitched
On the registered files the silk is noted as being 'khadi garad'; Khadi meaning handwoven and handspun fabric, garad refers to the natural quality of the silk. |
| Brief description | Jacket, mulberry silk, pleated and stitched, designed by Asha Sarabhai and made by Raag, Ahmedabad, India, 1994-95 |
| Physical description | This tight-fitted jacket has a round neck and long sleeves. It fastens down the front with seven round covered buttons. It has two front pockets and side vents. The entire surface of the jacket is pleated and machine-stitched into place; an additional diagonal rolled pleat is also stitiched in both directions making a raised diamond pattern all over the surface. |
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| Production | Raag is a workshop set up by the textile designer Asha Sarabhai in Ahmedabad, India. Whereas the general trend in many parts of India is for craftspeople to be pushed into producing cheap sub-standard products for mass consumption and export markets, the philosophy behind Raag is to give skilled craftspeople the time to produce extremely high quality textiles and clothing for a smaller market appreiative of their skills. The textiles and clothing are notable for their use of the natural colour of silks or vegetable dyes, as well as the fineness of the hand and machine stitching. |
| Summary | The entire surface of this tight-fitted jacket is covered with fine pleats. Asha Sarabhai designed it and it was made in her workshop, Raag, based in Ahmedabad, India. Raag is a workshop set up by the textile designer Asha Sarabhai in Ahmedabad, India. Whereas the general trend in many parts of India is for craftspeople to be pushed into producing cheap sub-standard products for mass consumption and export markets, the philosophy behind Raag is to give skilled craftspeople the time to produce extremely high quality textiles and clothing for a smaller market appreiative of their skills. The textiles and clothing are notable for their use of the natural colour of silks or vegetable dyes, as well as the fineness of the hand and machine stitching. |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.4-1995 |
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| Record created | April 13, 2006 |
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