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
  

Far back: 
Man's quilted coats (angarkha)
Central India, possibly Ouid, c.1925-1950 
Quilted yellow and burgundy silk with multi-colored brocaded trim. 
Helen Ward Clark Costume Collection 
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ward, 1957, L1995.17. 551 and 554 

Man's coat 
India, c.1895 
Black and gold iridescent silk thread with gold brocade edging and paisley motifs trimmed with gold sequins and braid. 
Kent State University Museum 
The Shannon Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1989.16.4 

Man's coat 
India, 20th century 
Gold silk with green and pink brocaded leaf motifs. 
Kent State University Museum 
Silverman/Rodgers Collection, KSUM 1983.1.949

  
Stiched & Tailored Clothes
  

Since Hinduism proscribed stitched and cut clothing, quilted garments were probably brought to India by Central Asian invaders. They are found primarily in northern India, where the style of dress resembles the clothing of the neighboring countries of Afghanisthan, Nepal and Bhutan. These cold, mountainous regions have traditionally had many fur-lined, felted and quilted tailored garments and accessories. Indian soldiers have also worn a coat of quilted cotton, the sannaha, as body armor. 

 

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