About this artwork
Indian cotton weavers have been creating delicate, sheer textiles for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Elite men and women on the Indian subcontinent valued such fine, cotton muslin or mulmul—a specialty of Bengal that was made entirely by hand—for fashionable clothing.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Title
- Man's Angarkha (Outer Robe)
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Place
- India (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1775–1825
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Medium
- Cotton, plain weave; pieced
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Dimensions
- 128.3 × 92.7 cm (50 1/2 × 36 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Belle M. Borland Endowment Fund
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Reference Number
- 2019.791
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/248720/manifest.json