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Collections

Textile Length or Waist Sash (Padka)19th century

Not on view
Long horizontal textile with a black border, gold-trimmed edges, a plain red center field, and an elaborately worked cream and silver needlelace panel with arch motifs and circular medallions at one end, finished with red fringe

Unknown, Textile Length or Waist Sash (Padka), 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. James Porter Fiske, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Textile Length or Waist Sash (Padka)
Place Made
probably India
Date Made
19th century
Medium
Goat-fleece underdown (cashmere wool), with silk embroidery and silk plain weave
Dimensions
Including fringe: 109 3/4 × 16 in. (278.77 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James Porter Fiske
Accession Number
55.7.20
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles