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Not currently on display at the V&A

Shirt

ca. 1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Man's shirt, white cotton embroidered all over with red spots in floss silk, with additional embroidery at the neck, end and wrists.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton, woven, embroidered with silk
Brief description
Textile, embroidered man's cotton shirt, Thatta, ca. 1867.
Physical description
Man's shirt, white cotton embroidered all over with red spots in floss silk, with additional embroidery at the neck, end and wrists.
Dimensions
  • Back, neck to hem length: 83cm
  • Wrist to wrist, across hem width: 106cm
Object history
Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry 6310: 'Cotton shirt / Tatta Kurrachee / 1867 / Price Rs.6'
Subject depicted
Other number
6310 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
05453(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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