Art Institute of Chicago
Man's Angarkha (Outer Robe)
India
- Date
- Late 18th or early 19th century
- Medium
- Cotton, plain weave; pieced
- Culture
- India
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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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- Object type
- AAT300209261
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