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Child's Tunic

early 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Sindh (made)

Child's tunic (angrakho) of embroidered silk with silks in chain stitch. Yellow ground with a pattern in red.


Object details

Categories
Children's Clothes
Embroidery
Textiles
SCRAN
Object type
Child's tunic
Materials and techniques
Embroidered silk with silks
Silk Thread
Silk (Textile)
Embroidering
Brief description
Child's tunic (angrakho) of embroidered silk with silks, Sindh, early 20th century.
Physical description
Child's tunic (angrakho) of embroidered silk with silks in chain stitch. Yellow ground with a pattern in red.
Dimensions
  • Across sleeves length: 45cm
  • Across sleeves width: 54.5cm
  • Length: 64in
  • Width: 17in
Object history
This style of embroidered dress (angrakho) would be worn by a young child of the farming group in Vicholo or central plains near Nawabshah, Hala and Hyderabad.
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.35, pl. 48
  • 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
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.139-1960

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Record createdNovember 7, 2002
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69520/childs-tunic-unknown/
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