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Aba (Dress for Child or Young Woman) by an unidentified artist

Art Institute of Chicago

Aba (Dress for Child or Young Woman)

Unattributed · 19th or early 20th century

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Date

19th or early 20th century

Medium

Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and metal-alloy-strip-wrapped silk in chain stitches; applied paillettes; loop and ball fastenings; edged with applied braid; embroidered areas lined with cotton, plain weave

Dimensions

80.3 × 92.1 cm (31 5/8 × 36 1/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Department

Textiles

Culture / origin

India

Credit line

Gift of the James D. Tigerman Estate

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