Feb 15, 2018
Feb 15, 2018
Feb 15, 2018
Feb 15, 2018
Feb 15, 2018

Jat Woman's Dress

Jat Woman's Dress

1800s

Silk embellished with mirror work and embroidered with silk in open-chain, stem, basket, and running stitch

Overall: 129 x 103 cm (50 13/16 x 40 9/16 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1467

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Pieces of mirror, called abhla in Hindi or shisha in Persian, were favorite embellishments to embroideries and accessories in western India and Afghanistan.

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