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Collections

Boy's Frockcirca 1855

Not on view
Child's cream fabric dress displayed from the back, covered in tone-on-tone paisley embroidery, with two tiered skirt layers, a column of fabric buttons, and hanging tassels
Textile fragment with dense raised embroidery in metallic thread on pale ground, featuring a large central paisley medallion surrounded by scrolling floral and vine motifs arranged in horizontal bands.
Close-up of embroidered textile with densely worked scrolling floral and foliate motifs in cream-toned thread on a plain-weave ground, separated by twisted cord borders and rows of small knots.
Detail of a textile garment in cream and pale gold, densely embroidered with large paisley motifs filled with scrolling floral designs; two twisted silk tassels with coiled knot tops hang at center.
Close-up of metallic silver-gray embroidered textile with dense raised couching in scrolling floral and medallion patterns, with a twisted silk tassel at center.
Close-up of a textile or bag with dense raised embroidery in metallic gold-beige thread, featuring paisley and floral motifs in couched and knotted techniques, with a twisted tassel at center.
Textile garment, close-up of a shoulder and sleeve densely covered in cream-colored raised embroidery with scrolling floral and paisley motifs arranged in geometric panels, with a cluster of twisted tassels at the shoulder seam, against a black background.
Textile fragment densely embroidered in gold thread on a cream ground, featuring a large central paisley motif surrounded by scrolling floral vines, bordered by narrow horizontal registers and a vertical side band with repeating rosette and vine patterns.
Close-up of cream-colored textile embroidery featuring horizontal bands of raised floral and scrolling vine motifs worked in twisted and knotted cord on a woven ground.
Close-up of textile with dense gold zardozi-style embroidery on cream fabric, featuring a large central boteh motif surrounded by floral scrollwork and a beaded border.
Title
Boy's Frock
Place Made
India, Kashmir, for the Western market
Date Made
circa 1855
Medium
Goat-fleece underdown (cashmere wool) twill with silk embroidery and silk tassels
Dimensions
Center back length: 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.88
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.