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Child's jacket
Indian
Object Place: India
Medium/Technique
Silk satin-weave ground embroidered with silk; applied sequins, braided gold-wrapped thread
Dimensions
Height x width: 15 1/2 x 14 in. (39.4 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line
Marianne Brimmer Fund
Accession Number21.663
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CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionChild's short-sleeved jacket of cream silk satin with overall design of interlocking floral hexagon and square lozenge pattern embroidered with red, blue and green silk and accented with gold sequins; neck, front, sleeves and shoulders have narrow border of floral motif embroidered in red and blue silk accented with sequins and trimmed with braided gold-wrapped thread with central ribbon of gilt paper woven in and out.
Provenance1921, purchased by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (b. 1887 - d. 1947) for the MFA. (Accession date: April 7, 1921)