Coat
1994-1995 (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Choga (coat), tasar silk, natural coloured base and cream tasar silk panels with cut-away chevoron design appliquéd on top.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tasar silk, appliqué pattern |
| Brief description | Choga (coat), tasar silk with applique design, designed by Asha Sarahabhai and made by Raag, Ahmedabad, Gujarata, India, 1994-95 |
| Physical description | Choga (coat), tasar silk, natural coloured base and cream tasar silk panels with cut-away chevoron design appliquéd on top. |
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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. |
| 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.9-1995 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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