Robe
Coat
88-16-63A
From: India | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | Benares
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Choga |
| Object Number | 88-16-63A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Indian |
| Provenience | India | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | Benares |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Silk | Silver Thread |
| Technique | Brocade | Woven | Sewn |
| Iconography | Floral |
| Description | Gold and blue woven coat or robe. Very intricate weave. Flared skirt and long sleeves. Not traditional; elements of European influence like pleats in back, collar, buttons, and cuff. Ground weave is a warp-faced 1/4 S twill. Silk woven with continuous silk and silver-gilt kalabattun supplementary patterning wefts. Lapel, cuffs, and hem are all trimmed with a bias tape made of a similar kamkhwab in black; hem has additional two strips of braided gota. |
| Length | 103 cm |
| Width | 137 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1988 |
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