Coat with buta pattern lining and ikat edges

Details

• Title

  Coat with buta pattern lining and ikat edges

• Associated people

  Robert Shaw (1839 - 1879) (owner)

• Associated place

  Asia › India (possible) (possible place of creation)

  Asia › China (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  1801 - 1869

• Material and technique

  silk, satin woven, and dyed dark-blue; cotton lining, printed, and dyed red and green; ikat-dyed silk borders; raw cotton padding; coloured silk braid

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  organic › vegetal › fibre › cotton

• Technique index

  woven;

  dyed › resist dyed › ikat resist dyed;

  printed;

  plaited

• Object type

  textile;

  clothing › garment › coat

• Dimensions

  width at waist 152 x 80 cm estimated (height x width)
  width at sleeve 224 cm (width)
  width at hem 106 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.3989

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