Textile fragment

Museum number:
9-12100
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Accession number:
Acc.2965
Description:
Textile fragment; bright pink Chinese damask in floral woven pattern; L. 70 cm., W. 32 cm.; silk, handwoven; Fragment of an inhar or pantaloons formerly worn by Parsi women under saris or around the house. Silk damask from China was the material most favoured over plain white. These garments were usually sewn at home. Made by Chinese weavers; cloth exported to India by Parsi merchants in China.
Donor:
Piroja Narielwala
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fragments (object portions) and Textile samples
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile fragment, accession number 9-12100, described as Textile fragment; bright pink Chinese damask in floral woven pattern; L. 70 cm., W. 32 cm.; silk, handwoven; Fragment of an inhar or pantaloons formerly worn by Parsi women under saris or around the house. Silk damask from China was the material most favoured over plain white. These garments were usually sewn at home. Made by Chinese weavers; cloth exported to India by Parsi merchants in China.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile fragment, accession number 9-12100, described as Textile fragment; bright pink Chinese damask in floral woven pattern; L. 70 cm., W. 32 cm.; silk, handwoven; Fragment of an inhar or pantaloons formerly worn by Parsi women under saris or around the house. Silk damask from China was the material most favoured over plain white. These garments were usually sewn at home. Made by Chinese weavers; cloth exported to India by Parsi merchants in China.

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