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Title: | Banarsi Sari and Blouse (Choli) |
Date: | 1953 |
Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, Indian |
Medium: | Silk plain weave with gold metallic and silk complementary and supplementary wefts |
Dimensions: | Sari: 16 feet 11 3/8 inches × 46 3/4 inches (516.6 × 118.7 cm) Choli: 15 1/8 × 28 1/4 inches (38.4 × 71.8 cm) |
Classification: | Costume (including accessories) |
Credit Line: | Purchased with the Fashion Group Revolving Fund, 1953 |
Accession Number: | 1953-17-1a,b |
Geography: | Made in Benares (present-day Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia |
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