Cleveland Museum of Art
Jat Woman's Dress
- Date
- 1800s
- Medium
- silk embellished with mirror work and embroidered with silk in open-chain, stem, basket, and running stitch
- Culture
- Western India, Gujarat, possibly Kutch
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Pieces of mirror, called abhla in Hindi or shisha in Persian, were favorite embellishments to embroideries and accessories in western India and Afghanistan.
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