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1855~, Sindh

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Identifier
0201(IS)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Technique
Brocaded
Weaving
Depiction
  • Floral motif 42%
  • Geometrical motif 70%
  • Geometrical motif 73%
Dimension
113 cm (length)
274 cm (length)
49 cm (width)
Production time
1855~
19th century (dates CE)
Production place
Sindh
Type of object
costume
fabrics

Description

Intended for use as a garment, clothing. Trousers (paijama), woven silk, gold brocade, with drawstring (ezarband), Sindh, ca. 1855; Clothing; Accessories; Textiles Man's trousers, silk brocaded with gold-wrapped thread, in a grid pattern with repeating floral motifs. Drawstring of red silk sprang ending in a section of metal-wrapped thread with knobs of blue silk and metal-wrapped thread. Tassels, attached by loops, of metal-wrapped thread, red and blue silk thread, sequins, and red glass beads, finishing in tinsel.

The data contained in ADASilk comes from the archives of Art Institute of Chicago, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, CDMT Terrassa, Europeana, Gallica, Garín 1820, Joconde Database of French Museum Collections, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Mobilier International, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée des Tissus, Musei di Venezia, Museo de Arte Sacro El Tesoro de la Concepción, Paris Musées, Red Digital de Colecciones de Museos de España, Rhode Island School of Design, Sicily Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian, Versailles, Victoria and Albert Museum. The Virtual Loom and Spatio-Temporal Maps visualizations have been developed by Universitat de Valencia. ADASilk is based on a generic exploratory search engine for knowledge graphs being developed at EURECOM and includes scientific contributions from Universitat de Valencia, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Lyon 2, Universita Degli Studi di Palermo, GARIN 1820 S.A., Institut Jozef Stefan, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Monkeyfab, and Instituto Cervantes.

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