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On display at V&A South Kensington
South Asia Gallery, Room 41

Angarkha

mid 19th century (made)
Place of origin

Warp-faced red silk, brocaded with rows of small single blossoms on stems. The blossoms alternate between silver-wrapped and silver-gilt-wrapped petals. The stems and leaves are woven in blue and yellow floss silk. A band of silver-gilt and silk ribbon (gota) runs from the waist at one side of the opening around the neck down the other side. A row of silver-gilt wrapped acorn shaped decorative fasteners line the upper left side. The robe is lined with a striped cotton and trimmed with yellow and green silk.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk, woven with metal-wrapped thread, and trimmed with silk
Brief description
Child's angarkha (robe), red silk woven with silver and gold flowers in metal-wrapped thread, lined with cotton and trimmed with silk, North India, mid 19th century; Textiles; Clothing
Physical description
Warp-faced red silk, brocaded with rows of small single blossoms on stems. The blossoms alternate between silver-wrapped and silver-gilt-wrapped petals. The stems and leaves are woven in blue and yellow floss silk. A band of silver-gilt and silk ribbon (gota) runs from the waist at one side of the opening around the neck down the other side. A row of silver-gilt wrapped acorn shaped decorative fasteners line the upper left side. The robe is lined with a striped cotton and trimmed with yellow and green silk.
Dimensions
  • Length: 30in
  • Width: 45in
Gallery label
CHILD’S ANGARKHA Silk, woven with metal-wrapped thread, and trimmed with silk North India Mid 19th century IS.214-1953 Given by Miss E. Cobbe Courtly children’s clothes were no less lavish than adult garments, as this child-sized angarkha, or robe, demonstrates. Generally children were dressed in the same kinds of clothing as adults, from angarkhas to saris. In some regions, girls and boys wore the same garments until puberty, when the girls began to wear more feminine garments.(01/08/2017)
Credit line
Given by Miss E. Cobbe
Collection
Accession number
IS.214-1953

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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