Man's coat

Details

• Title

  Man's coat

• Associated people

  Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Xinjiang › Kashgar (place of creation)

• Date

  mid-19th century

• Material and technique

  silk, dyed purple, and ikat-dyed pink, yellow, and cream; silk lining, dyed red, and ikat-dyed pink, yellow, and cream; padded, possibly with raw cotton

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed › resist dyed › ikat resist dyed;

  filled › padded

• Object type

  textile;

  clothing › garment › coat

• Dimensions

  140 x 224 cm max. (height x width)
  at sleeve 224 cm (width)
  at hem 121 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Indian Institute, University of Oxford.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.3985

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