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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Jabla / Jhabla (tunic)

Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Culture

Chinese, Indian, Parsee

Title

Jabla / Jhabla (tunic)

Year

late 1800s

Medium

  • silk; satin weave,
  • embroidered

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • silk; satin weave,
  • embroidered

Materials

silk

Geography

Place Made: China

Dimensions

Length: 55.2 cm (21 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label: paper label, gummed on reverse, white with red border, on inside back at hem; written in ink "Miss L ???Table left" (not totally legible)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.278

Type

  • Costume

Exhibition History

Asian Textiles and the Grammar of Ornament
Design in the Victorian Age
Nov 16, 2007 – Aug 03, 2008
Asia in Black and White
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000

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Unknown Maker, Chinese
Jabla / Jhabla (tunic), late 1800s
Silk; satin weave, embroidered
Length: 55.2 cm (21 3/4 inches)
Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 55.278

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