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Description: | Magyar style muslim aba of black satin weave silk. T-shaped with small round neck and 3/4-length sleeves with gores at underarms.fastening at the shoulders with loops and ball buttons; upper part embroidered with coloured silks in cream, black, red, blue light brown and dark brown and inset pieces of mirrored glass; pattern of concentric rectangles extending outward from neckline toward a geometric lattice-work pattern down upper front and sleeves. Embroidery includes buttonhole, stem, back, chain, ladder, herringbone, and Cretan feather stitches.
Technique: embroidering
Material: silk
Material: mirrored glass
robe & aba made in India, Asia, c1920, (1929.121). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.14511 | Go to resource |
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