Collection record · Dress & textiles
Coat
The collection record classifies this work as garment. It is dated early 1900s. Recorded culture or place: India, Kashmir and probably Avadh.
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- Museum title
- Coat
- Date
- early 1900s
- Culture / origin
- India, Kashmir and probably Avadh
- Materials and technique
- wool: embroidery
- Dimensions
- neck edge to hem: 120.7 cm (47 1/2 in.); Cuff to cuff: 175.3 cm (69 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1917.36
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
Coats with a band collar, fastened at the waist, have a Central Asian origin and are known by the Turkish term choga, meaning “long-sleeved garment.” During the mid-1800s, it was fashionable for Indian men of high social status to wear chogas as their outermost layer. The intricate ornamentation in the form of stylized unripe mangoes and flowering plants is the specialty of artisans in Kashmir, where they had access to the fine wool of Himalayan goats. The coats, however, were popular in many regions throughout India.
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The Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of Mrs. James J. Tracy · CC0
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