Jat Woman's Dress
1800–1899
- Medium
- silk embellished with mirror work and embroidered with silk in open-chain, stem, basket, and running stitch
- Dimensions
- Overall: 129 x 103 cm (50 13/16 x 40 9/16 in.)
- Genre
- Garment
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Western India, Gujarat, possibly Kutch
About
Pieces of mirror, called abhla in Hindi or shisha in Persian, were favorite embellishments to embroideries and accessories in western India and Afghanistan.