Man's Angarkha (Outer Robe)
India · Late 18th or early 19th century · Art Institute of Chicago
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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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- Maker
- India
- Date
- Late 18th or early 19th century
- Medium
- Cotton, plain weave; pieced
- Dimensions
- 128.3 × 92.7 cm (50 1/2 × 36 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- India
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Belle M. Borland Endowment Fund
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0