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Woman's Jacketcirca 1865

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Cream-colored silk or silk-like robe displayed in profile, with wide bell sleeves and dense tone-on-tone embroidered borders of scrolling arabesques along the hem and cuffs
Short cream-colored jacket with wide sleeves displayed on a mannequin form, decorated with tone-on-tone embroidered paisley and floral motifs along the front edges, cuffs, and body.
Detail of a cream-colored wool textile garment, showing a scalloped hem border densely embroidered with large paisley (boteh) motifs and floral scrollwork in tone-on-tone ivory thread, with a narrower geometric band below.
Textile fragment in cream wool, densely embroidered with large curved boteh (paisley) motifs and scrolling floral fill patterns, bordered by a repeating rosette band along the lower edge; tone-on-tone needlework throughout.
Cream-colored textile garment, back view, densely embroidered in matching thread with a large medallion at the yoke, flanking paisley motifs, and a heart-shaped floral medallion at center back, all in fine chain-stitch or surface embroidery.
Title
Woman's Jacket
Place Made
India, Kashmir, for the English market
Date Made
circa 1865
Medium
Wool cashmere twill with silk embroidery
Dimensions
Center back length: 28 1/2 in. (72.39 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.2007.211.193
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles

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