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Part of a skirt
Indian
19th century
Medium/Technique
Cotton with cotton embroidery
Dimensions
104 x 204 cm (40 15/16 x 80 5/16 in.) object a
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Virginia H. Salisbury
Accession Number13.2789a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionThe ground is of white muslin. On the bottom of each breadth is worked with white cotton, laid work and drawn work a design of sprays of conventional flowers and leaves and two undulating vines, one bearing flowers and leaves, the other various shaped leaves. These pieces were the breadths of a skirt.
ProvenanceTransferred from Asiatic Dept. to Textiles.