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Wedding Tunic

mid 20th Century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Sindh (made)

Woman's knee-length wedding tunic (chola) of embroidered silk with silk, sequins, gold-wrapped thread and mirrors. Thickly encrusted with panels of embroidery so that the ground fabric is entirely stiff. With stripes of magenta, purple, orange, red, green, white and yellow, and insets with floral prints. Inset with mirrors. Stitches in buttonhole, blanket, and darn stitch, and braiding.

Object details

Categories
Womenswear
Embroidery
Textiles
Marriage
Object type
Wedding tunic
Materials and techniques
Silk embroidered with silk, sequins, gold wrapped thread and mirrors
Silk (Textile)
Sequins
Gold Thread
Mirror Glass
Embroidering
Brief description
Woman's knee-length wedding tunic (chola) of embroidered silk with silk, Sindh, mid 20th Century.
Physical description
Woman's knee-length wedding tunic (chola) of embroidered silk with silk, sequins, gold-wrapped thread and mirrors. Thickly encrusted with panels of embroidery so that the ground fabric is entirely stiff. With stripes of magenta, purple, orange, red, green, white and yellow, and insets with floral prints. Inset with mirrors. Stitches in buttonhole, blanket, and darn stitch, and braiding.
Dimensions
  • Length: 85cm
  • Across sleeves width: 101cm
Object history
The Lohana women of farming groups in Thano Bula Khan embroidered this stunning silk wedding chola.
Production
Lohana, Pallari or Burfati group, Thano Bula Khan, Dadu
Bibliographic references
  • Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443 p. 41, pl. 59
  • Indian embroidery / Rosemary Crill ; photography by Richard Davis. London: V&A Publications, 1999 Number: 185177310X, 1851772944 (pbk.) p. 20, cat. no. 106, ill. p.107
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.15-1974

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Record createdNovember 7, 2002
Record URL
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