Robe
ca. 1850 (made)
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Man's robe (choga); wool embroidered with silk. This type of elaborate embroidery originally evolved as an alternative to woven patterns of Kashmir shawls, but also came to be used on robes and sashes. Figurative embroidery such as this was done for both Sikh and Muslim patrons in the 19th Century. The figures on some embroidered robes of this type can be identified as Sikh by their distinctive beards and turbans, while other examples show scenes from Persian legend.
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Materials and techniques | Wool, embroidered with silk |
Brief description | Man's robe (choga); wool embroidered with silk; Lahore, Pakistan, ca.1850. |
Physical description | Man's robe (choga); wool embroidered with silk. This type of elaborate embroidery originally evolved as an alternative to woven patterns of Kashmir shawls, but also came to be used on robes and sashes. Figurative embroidery such as this was done for both Sikh and Muslim patrons in the 19th Century. The figures on some embroidered robes of this type can be identified as Sikh by their distinctive beards and turbans, while other examples show scenes from Persian legend. |
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Gallery label | MAN’S ROBE
Goat hair (pashmina), Woven and embroidered
Kashmir
c. 1855
05597 (IS)
Kashmiri embroidery was originally done on shawls in imitation of woven patterns, but from about 1830 new figurative designs were developed. This robe (choga) is decorated with turbaned and bearded Sikh figures combined with Iranian winged beings (peris) and dragons. Europeans are also shown, sitting in western-style chairs.
This robe may have come from the wardrobe store of the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir.(27/9/2013) |
Bibliographic reference | 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
pp. 102-103, ill. pl. 161 |
Other number | 3779 - India Museum Slip Book |
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Accession number | 05597(IS) |
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Record created | November 8, 2002 |
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