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Unknown Maker, Chinese

Saree Border
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Maker

Unknown Maker, Chinese

Culture

Chinese, Indian, Parsee

Title

Saree Border

Year

ca. 1875 - 1900

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silk

Dimensions

179.1 cm (70 1/2 inches) (length)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift from the Estate of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

56.075.4

Type

Exhibition History

The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
Sep 27, 2025 – Jun 28, 2026

Label copy

In addition to cheena-cheeni figurative scenes, other pattern styles popularly adorned Parsi gara and other garments, often referred to by rhymed names. Seen here is one of the most common patterns, chakla-chakli, its name taken from the Gujarati word for sparrow. These works show pairs of birds perched atop flowering tree branches. Look for other gara designs—such as the polka-dot-like kanda-papeta (onions and potatoes) and the abstracted pinwheels of the karolia (spider) pattern—in the large work in the central case. 

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Chinese
Saree Border, ca. 1875 - 1900
Silk plain weave with silk satin-stitch embroidery
179.1 cm (70 1/2 inches) (length)
Gift from the Estate of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 56.075.4

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