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Unknown Maker, Indian

Sari

Maker

Unknown Maker, Indian

Culture

Indian

Title

Sari

Year

late 1800s

Medium

  • silk,
  • metallic-wrapped thread; continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Silk,
  • metallic-wrapped thread; continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft

Materials

silk, metallic yarn

Geography

Place Made: Uttar Pradesh; Place Made: Varanasi

Dimensions

Length: 537.2 cm (211 1/2 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich

Object Number

55.319

Type

  • Costume

Exhibition History

Woven with Silk
Rockefeller Asian Textiles
Jun 10, 2014 – Mar 08, 2015
The Splendid Sari
Feb 25, 2005 – May 29, 2005

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Unknown Maker, Indian
Sari, late 1800s
Silk, metallic-wrapped thread; continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft
Length: 537.2 cm (211 1/2 inches)
Bequest of Miss Lucy T. Aldrich 55.319

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