Ikat coat

Details

• Title

  Ikat coat

• Associated people

  Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia › Uzbekistan (probable) (probable place of creation)

• Date

  1801 - 1869

• Material and technique

  silk, dyed purple and ikat-dyed; cotton lining, printed, and dyed red; blue, pink, and black woven braid; metal and possibly glass buttons

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton;

  processed material › metal;

  processed material › glass

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed › resist dyed › ikat resist dyed;

  printed

• Object type

  clothing › garment › coat;

  textile

• Dimensions

  width at waist 131.7 x 63 cm (height x width)
  width at sleeve 178 cm (width)
  width at hem 101 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Indian Institute, University of Oxford.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.3984

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