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Man's Waist Sash (Patka)early 19th century

Not on view
Narrow vertical textile strip with ivory plain-woven central field bordered on all sides by a dense geometric pattern in sage green, olive, red, and gold threads
Textile panel or sash in ivory silk, with borders of dense gold and green embroidery in geometric and floral patterns, ending in wide embroidered hems with gold fringe.
Title
Man's Waist Sash (Patka)
Place Made
India, probably Lucknow
Date Made
early 19th century
Medium
Cotton plain weave with metallic thread embroidery, beetle-wing sequins, silk braid, with metallic-thread fringe
Dimensions
132 1/4 × 24 3/4 in. (335.92 × 62.87 cm)
Credit Line
From the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase
Accession Number
M.71.1.38
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Esguerra, Clarissa, and Michaela Hansen. Lee Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.
  • Esguerra, Clarissa M., Michaela Hansen, Katie Somerville, and Danielle Whitfield, editors. Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2022.