Exhibition

A Dance of Light and Color: Embroidered and Brocaded  Garments of India 
Stagger Gallery, November 4, 1998 to September 19, 1999
Anne Bissonnette, Curator
  

Detail of a man's coat (jama) 
Central India, possibly Quid, c.1750-1850
Possibly made of Persian silk Magenta silk brocaded in gold and purple 
Helen Ward Clark Costume Collection 
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio 
Gift of Eugene Garbaty, 1953, L 1995.17.110 

Click on image for detail view of full coat

 

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