- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pair of embroidered panels for sirwal bottoms (in two parts), consisting of black and green textile embroidered with red, green and metallic cotton thread.
- Long description
- Pair of embroidered panels for sirwal bottoms in two parts, consisting of black and green textile embroidered with red, green and metallic cotton thread. They are attached via two metal safety pins.
- Geographical reference
- Date
- Date collected
- 1985
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 03/03/2016
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Metal, Material Plastic Synthetic, Material Synthetic Textile, Process Woven, Process Dyed, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered
- Dimensions
- Width: max 151 mm, Length: max 317 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 2018.37.76 Other numbers: NY15
- Research and responses
Mentioned in Indigo in the Arab World by Jenny Balfour-Paul, Curzon Press, 1997 p 133-134. Worn sewn onto the bottom of sirwal bottoms so they might show underneath women's dresses. [AFS [OPS move] 17/7/2019]
- Associated publications
- Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo in the Arab World, Routledge, 1997 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019] Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by , British Museum Press, 1998 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019]
Search terms: Textile, Clothing Textile, Clothing, Embroidery
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2018.37.76.1One of a pair of embroidered panels for sirwal bottoms consisting of black and green textile embroidered with red, green and metallic cotton thread. [AFS [OPS move] 5/6/2019]2018.37.76.1
2018.37.76.2One of a pair of embroidered sirwal bottom panels. The black and green textile has been embroidered with red, green and metallic cotton thread. [AFS [OPS move] 5/6/2019]2018.37.76.2
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