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Skirt
Indian (Kutch)
19th century
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Silk satin-weave embroidered with silk, appliquéd mirror discs
Dimensions
Overall (Legnth and width at waist): 34.5 x 15 cm (13 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Honorable George Holden Tinkham
Accession Number43.22
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSkirt of crimson-red twill-weave silk with overall design of peacocks and flowers and, along bottom, a procession of birdlike figures walking and mounted on horseback embroidered in cream, black, yellow, lavender and green silk and accented with appliquéd mirror discs; border at hem of dark blue twill-weave silk with design in top row of repeating star-shaped floral motifs embroidered in white, black, yellow and green silk and, in bottom row, repeating floral medallions embroidered in white, yellow, blue and lavender silk; skirt gathered into a folded-over dark blue twill-weave silk waistband.
ProvenanceGift from the Honorable George Holden Tinkham to the MFA, January 14, 1943