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Panel from bridal trousers
Iranian (Zoroastrian)
Late 19th century
Object Place: Zoroastrian, Iran
Medium/Technique
Embroidered cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 48.5 x 111cm (19 1/8 x 43 11/16in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret and Eric Schroeder
Accession Number1996.55
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionDecorative panel from one leg of a Zoroastrian woman's bridal shalvar (trousers). Consists of strips of red, green, blue, yellow and black cotton plain weave pieced together to form stripes, the whole backed with coarse cotton plain weave. The stripes are embroidered with cotton in a pattern of rosettes and fish.